It had to have been the early 2000s. My bride and I were sitting in a church auditorium listening to Kevin Leman speak, and the phrase he kept using made me chuckle every time I heard it: drive-through talking. I kept mistakenly calling it drive-by talking in my head — which, as I’d later realize, … Continue reading Drive-Through Talking
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No More Excuses
Ten days ago I signed up for an AI music tool called Suno. On a whim, I uploaded some songs I’d written over the years — lyrics, melodies, composition notes — and let it arrange them into full productions. What came back stopped me cold. Not because the AI was impressive. Because my stuff was … Continue reading No More Excuses
The Impostor
I look in the mirror and I see a different version of me staring back. Someone who doesn’t know me now, but thinks he has the right to speak into my life. It doesn’t matter that I’ve spent twenty years building a career. It doesn’t care that I’ve published a novel, or that I’ve given … Continue reading The Impostor
Substack Confucius
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Substack lately. Reading Notes, engaging with other creators, trying to learn the platform and find my voice inside it. And I keep running into the same thing. Substack Confucius. You know the type. They post Notes that sound profound until you read them twice. “Conceal your strikes … Continue reading Substack Confucius
He Fell the Wrong Way
I’ve been posting daily Bible illustrations for four months now. One image per chapter, every day, using AI to generate scenes from scripture. This week, a video of David and Goliath crossed 110,000 views on Instagram. I’ve gained over 1,500 followers in a week. And at least ten people have told me Goliath fell the … Continue reading He Fell the Wrong Way
David Willis 