by Jason Joyner | Aug 10, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
In my description of this blog, I mention it being a blog about “life, faith, and writing”. Life is obvious, and I think the faith part is pretty clear as well. What about the writing part?
Well, I have had a couple book reviews and discussion of Christian fiction topics. There is a reason I am interested in this. I have a little secret to share. Come closer…
I want to be a writer.
*Shock*
Probably not. I think aspiring to be a writer is a very common thing. Seems like everyone had a novel in them. Now everyone wants to write a memoir – not because we’ve had all terribly interesting lives, but it is easier to make things up to make it absorbing (a la James Frey).
I know several of the people who stop by here are buddies from a site called faith*in*fiction, so they would realize this. In fact, it was all the people from f*i*f that were blogging that made me want to check this out.
I’ve always enjoyed writing, and have been told I’m a good writer often. However, I know that just having some compliments doesn’t make one a writer. I have been working on my craft slowly since I started this journey a couple of years ago. It has been an interesting story, I think at least. I hope now to hone my skills and use them to glorify God and further His kingdom, whether it be writing an engaging blog, having articles published, or even someday penning that novel.
I will share a little more about this journey presently. Until then, remember that God is good!
by Jason Joyner | Aug 10, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
In my description of this blog, I mention it being a blog about “life, faith, and writing”. Life is obvious, and I think the faith part is pretty clear as well. What about the writing part?
Well, I have had a couple book reviews and discussion of Christian fiction topics. There is a reason I am interested in this. I have a little secret to share. Come closer…
I want to be a writer.
*Shock*
Probably not. I think aspiring to be a writer is a very common thing. Seems like everyone had a novel in them. Now everyone wants to write a memoir – not because we’ve had all terribly interesting lives, but it is easier to make things up to make it absorbing (a la James Frey).
I know several of the people who stop by here are buddies from a site called faith*in*fiction, so they would realize this. In fact, it was all the people from f*i*f that were blogging that made me want to check this out.
I’ve always enjoyed writing, and have been told I’m a good writer often. However, I know that just having some compliments doesn’t make one a writer. I have been working on my craft slowly since I started this journey a couple of years ago. It has been an interesting story, I think at least. I hope now to hone my skills and use them to glorify God and further His kingdom, whether it be writing an engaging blog, having articles published, or even someday penning that novel.
I will share a little more about this journey presently. Until then, remember that God is good!
by Jason Joyner | Aug 5, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I can’t believe it’s been 4 months since I started blogging. Time flies when you’re having fun, or when a ton is happening in your life, as it has since I started this enterprise!
It has been fun, and I had the privilege of being linked by the main Calling All Nations website, which really drove up my traffic and got me a lot of hits from Germany and elsewhere in Europe.
Over these first few months I have been able to tinker and experiment with what I post here. A lot of what I’ve done was dealing with the Berlin event, which is understandable. I’m feeling now that I need to define this blog a little better, with a more focused mission. It is nice to have a little spot in the wide blogosphere to vent and express oneself, but I’d like this blog to have a little more about it as well.
I intend to define what this blog will be about over the next week or two. Now, I am interested in people’s feedback, so if you have any thoughts, I’d love to hear from you. Especially any of my German friends, if there is anything that you’d like to see to keep you coming here. My thoughts for this blog center around the Christian life as it relates to reaching the world. This comes in both the idea of classic missions, but also in using the arts to speak into culture, specifically writing.
Anyway, that’s what I’m pondering today. We’ll see how it plays out over the next couple of weeks.
by Jason Joyner | Aug 5, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I can’t believe it’s been 4 months since I started blogging. Time flies when you’re having fun, or when a ton is happening in your life, as it has since I started this enterprise!
It has been fun, and I had the privilege of being linked by the main Calling All Nations website, which really drove up my traffic and got me a lot of hits from Germany and elsewhere in Europe.
Over these first few months I have been able to tinker and experiment with what I post here. A lot of what I’ve done was dealing with the Berlin event, which is understandable. I’m feeling now that I need to define this blog a little better, with a more focused mission. It is nice to have a little spot in the wide blogosphere to vent and express oneself, but I’d like this blog to have a little more about it as well.
I intend to define what this blog will be about over the next week or two. Now, I am interested in people’s feedback, so if you have any thoughts, I’d love to hear from you. Especially any of my German friends, if there is anything that you’d like to see to keep you coming here. My thoughts for this blog center around the Christian life as it relates to reaching the world. This comes in both the idea of classic missions, but also in using the arts to speak into culture, specifically writing.
Anyway, that’s what I’m pondering today. We’ll see how it plays out over the next couple of weeks.
by Jason Joyner | Aug 2, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I have a summer cold. No one likes to be sick, but it is worse when it is nice out, the weather is hot, and you can’t bundle up to feel good.
I woke up in the middle of the night with my chest feeling like it was full of pudding. I staggered out of bed, fumbling for the cough syrup. I also dug around for the Vick’s Vapor Rub, figuring anything to help would be great. Through bleary eyes I saw that the Vick’s had an expiration date of 2000 on it. Vapor rub has an expiration date? Couldn’t be that bad, so I slathered it on my chest and went back to bed.
Unfortunately, not back to sleep. This was due to the growing sensation that my chest was smoldering. I know that Vick’s evaporates, giving a nice tingling sensation to help with the chest relief. But I don’t think it goes as far as wondering if my chest hair was on fire. I seriously contemplated getting up and taking a shower, but it finally subsided after about a half-hour of tossing and turning.
I checked first thing this morning, and I didn’t seem to lose any chest hair. However, you can bet I will be buying a NEW container of Vick’s before I go home tonight…
by Jason Joyner | Aug 2, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I have a summer cold. No one likes to be sick, but it is worse when it is nice out, the weather is hot, and you can’t bundle up to feel good.
I woke up in the middle of the night with my chest feeling like it was full of pudding. I staggered out of bed, fumbling for the cough syrup. I also dug around for the Vick’s Vapor Rub, figuring anything to help would be great. Through bleary eyes I saw that the Vick’s had an expiration date of 2000 on it. Vapor rub has an expiration date? Couldn’t be that bad, so I slathered it on my chest and went back to bed.
Unfortunately, not back to sleep. This was due to the growing sensation that my chest was smoldering. I know that Vick’s evaporates, giving a nice tingling sensation to help with the chest relief. But I don’t think it goes as far as wondering if my chest hair was on fire. I seriously contemplated getting up and taking a shower, but it finally subsided after about a half-hour of tossing and turning.
I checked first thing this morning, and I didn’t seem to lose any chest hair. However, you can bet I will be buying a NEW container of Vick’s before I go home tonight…
