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Keri Wyatt Kent is the coauthor with Michael Hingson of Live Like a Guide Dog. She is the author of GodSpace: Embracing the Inconvenient Adventure of Intimacy with God, and eleven other books, and the co-author of a dozen other books. She's the founder of A Powerful Story, a writing, editing and publishing company. She and her husband Scot have two grown children. Learn more about Keri at www.keriwyattkent.com. ...more

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Keri Wyatt Kent As Anne Lamott would say, "shitty first drafts and short assignments." Like most professional writers, I "deal with it" by getting my butt in the chai…moreAs Anne Lamott would say, "shitty first drafts and short assignments." Like most professional writers, I "deal with it" by getting my butt in the chair and just writing. I give myself permission to do a really bad first draft, to get things flowing. If I feel blocked, I'll give myself an assignment: a certain number of words, or a blog post, or a query. Just write something! Also, I make sure I engage in self care: exercise, prayer, looking at art or beauty, times of community with friends. These fill me up. They may not seem related to writing but they are. Writing flows out of a full soul. But number one: don't wait until you feel like writing to write. Just show up at the page and start writing. When I'm working on a book, I have a daily word count that I make myself hit each day. I track my progress, which motivates me.(less)
Keri Wyatt Kent My readers. When you write something, and it helps someone, or connects with them on a soul level--that's an amazing gift. I'm always delighted when s…moreMy readers. When you write something, and it helps someone, or connects with them on a soul level--that's an amazing gift. I'm always delighted when someone tells me one of my books helped them in some way. I also love the flexibility. This morning, I sat on my back deck with a cup of coffee and wrote. The flip side is, you have to be self-motivated. You have to meet deadlines. It's hard work, you're always looking for the next project, but I'm really grateful I get to work from home and choose my projects. Also, I love the craft of writing--making something beautiful out of words. In a world that values bucketloads of content, I care about quality. I love the process of honing and self-editing what I write to make it as strong and clear as I can. (less)
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Lenten Hospitality: an invitation to a 40 day reset

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Welcoming often involves feeding people, gathering them at a table to enjoy a meal and conversation. Deeper than mere entertaining, the practice of welcome (hospitality) provides a chance to open space for others, to love our neighbors.

So it may seem odd to consider in this space the topic of fasting, which feels like the opposite of hospitality. But Lent starts next week, so here we

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“Galatians 5:22-23 describes the fruit of the Spirit, which is "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." Notice the verse does not say the "fruits" of the Spirit, but fruit. The fruit, or result, of the Spirit working in our lives is that we become not just some but all of these things: more loving, more patient, more faithful, and so forth. This verse is not a to-do list for us to work through, but a description of the transformation that occurs when God's Spirit begins to work in us.”
Keri Wyatt Kent, Deeper into the Word: Reflections on 100 Words From the New Testament

“The fields...are white already to harvest" (John 4:35 KJV), or as other versions put it, "ripe for harvest."...One part of the harvest metaphor we may have missed was the importance of timing-there is a season for both sowing and reaping, and sometimes there is a season of simply waiting and watering.”
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“Church, in the New Testament sense of the word, is not a meeting we attend, but a group of which we are a part, and a group we serve within.”
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“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”
G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World

“She believed she could, so she did.”
R.S. Grey, Scoring Wilder

“The unborn” are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe. Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.”
Methodist Pastor David Barnhart

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
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“But no temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life. Some lean back in majestic repose; others, absolutely sheer or nearly so for thousands of feet, advance beyond their companions in thoughtful attitudes, giving welcome to storms and calms alike, seemingly aware, yet heedless, of everything going on about them.”
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