seasonal summary ~ summer of '24

Hey friends!This has been in the works for a while, but as of today I'm going to begin sending out seasonal wrap-ups 4 times a year summarizing the highlights of the past season. After I started sending emails out solely when I had a new blog post, I...

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Sep 30, 2024
talking about...love?

Hey friends!What do you think love should look like?Hallmark movies try to tell us that by falling in love we'll finally get our happily ever after...but the gospel portrays something much different.What does it mean to fall in love and how should we...

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Sep 21, 2024
NEK Test

Hey Nighthawks!Here's a preview of what a future student newsletter could look like. Right now to send this preview I'm using an email program I use called SendFox. We could either use SendFox to send out the student email newsletter (SendFox has bet...

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Sep 17, 2024
the winners of the short story contest

Hey friends!Many of you may remember that back in July I hosted my first short story competition...And many of you chose to enter!I loved reading your stories. Each of you brought your own unique and clever ideas, characters, and perspectives to the...

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Sep 17, 2024
are you watching closely? also, frodo's a sniper

"Are you watching closely?"This is the iconic line from Christopher Nolan's brilliant film The Prestige. Set in the early 20th century the story follows two rival magicians in their quest for fame and revenge. It's definitely one of the best movies I...

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Sep 10, 2024
last chance to win free books

Hey friends!Today is the last chance for you to win two free books!For every friend you get to subscribe to my blog with this link, your name will be entered into a drawing for a copy of my favorite historical fantasy novel, Echo, and a signed copy o...

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Sep 08, 2024
want a free book? two free books?

Hey friends! Want a free book? Or two free books?Over the next week I'll be hosting a drawing for two different historical fantasy novels.With the new blog look launched a few weeks ago, I'm now trying to grow my platform a little for the future. I h...

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Sep 01, 2024
dreams with faces

Hey friends!We all have dreams.It doesn't matter what you may claim; all of us do. When Rapunzel walks into the somewhat-shady bar and gets the drinkers inside to open up, she finds that they all have a dream, and somewhat surprising ones at that.Dre...

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Aug 29, 2024
a happy late birthday, and the beauty and pain of death

May 9th, my Grandpa passed away very suddenly from a tragic brain bleed.And yesterday would have been his 70th birthday.Some of you probably read my first post about Grandpa; an assortment of thoughts attempting (and failing) to describe the gift he...

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Aug 15, 2024
is modern Christian music good?

Hey friends!Today on the blog I'm talking about modern Christian music. There are lots of folks today who are expressing concern that mainstream Christian isn't producing great content. So I'd love to recommend to you eleven Christian artists that r...

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Aug 08, 2024