Yesterday I mentioned some things that cause confusion—conflicting facts, improper motivation, a lack of adequate details to ground a scene, and a lack of foreshadowing. In trying to avoid confusion, however, I’m opening myself up to another novel killer—a boring story. Well, maybe not a boring story but a story told in a boring way. I

Exciting News! The Modern Story is expanding into a Fellowship Program for college students and recent graduates of the U.S. to continue the work that was started at C. Ramchand Girl’s High School in Hyderabad, and A.P. Boys Residential School in Nalgonda. Find out more about the Fellowship here.   We have accepted two fellows from Middlebury

To celebrate my 50,000 hits mark, I’m going to be holding several MASSIVE contests with GREAT prizes! My first one, which starts today, will be a writing contest: all you have to do is write a short story (about Club Penguin) and comment it on this post! The prizes will be: 1st: Be a worker here

Thanks for all the well wishes.  I”m fine… look, I”m even typing. The story:  I cut my finger while washing dishes, probably should have gone to the hospital right away, but was busy being a big brave girl.  So, around five pm Melanie convinced me to unwrap it and have a look - ick, meaty.  Parker

The best thinking about ecclesiology (nature and structure of the church) is coming from unexpected places. BMW unveiled its GINA concept car today, a car with a re-imagined exterior. The GINA then became a metaphor for how BMW as a company even thinks about cars…or thinks about thinking. For those of

“The Spirit of God, which is the Spirit of Jesus, leads the people of God’s reign and their leadership into a eschatological future that is present among them now, even if only imperfectly.” -Alan Roxburgh, from The Missional Church (ed. Darrell Guder)

And so my mom sprung a surprise on me Sunday night. I was just casually talking about the usual things we talk about on the phone, my room, food, relatives in Penang and Germany, cars: hers and mine (when I ever get one), the status of my scholarship application, money, IKEA, college, Frisbee our dog,

It seems strange to me now I look back. The following hours were pretty much a blur; I don’t remember how I got out or anything immediately after. I remember going out a fire escape after taking a shotgun, a 9mm handgun and some ammo, but I really don’t know about much more. Anyway, I found

Current writing projects: 1. To fix my stalled novel, I’m rereading the last 20,000 words or so (of the 70,000 I have written) and making notes. A general outline of the ending will follow. I feel this interim step is necessary because of the different story-lines that need to be brought together and resolved. From this outline, the remainder

Ben has something HUGE in his mouth. Well not huge... but...