God spoke into a void and something was there. That’s the first thing the Bible tells you about Him. Before the law, before the judgment, before any of the Renaissance paintings that shaped how most of us picture Him — the first fact on the record is that He made things. I never noticed that … Continue reading I Only Rearrange
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Aim for the Top of the Room
Around our house, we love a good puzzle. It's part of the furniture — brain-teasers at the table, riddles in the car, a general suspicion that anything can be turned into a game if you look at it right. So when my son's eighteenth birthday came around and he told me what he wanted, it … Continue reading Aim for the Top of the Room
The Room That Knew What I Knew
I found an old Toastmasters competition video of myself the other night. Watching old video of myself is its own small torture — you're looking at a former version, and you can see everything he doesn't know yet. It's like watching a younger sibling do the thing. But I'll say it plainly: it was a … Continue reading The Room That Knew What I Knew
The Room I Can’t Read
7-40 Challenge | Round 5 Day 1 I recorded four minutes of thoughts on my walk this morning and never stumbled once. Then I sat down to film a thirty-second video saying the same thing, and my brain locked up. That gap has bothered me for a while, because on paper it makes no sense. … Continue reading The Room I Can’t Read
The Subplot
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week I've been thinking about my life as a story, and about who's actually holding the pen. Here's where I've landed. God's design is the plot. It's going somewhere, and it reaches its ending whether or not I cooperate. I don't get to write that. What I get is a subplot … Continue reading The Subplot
David Willis 