Robert S. Turner
I'm not currently preaching anywhere, but I have in the past, and the main "inspiration" I experienced was the deadline of 10:30 Sunday morning. I would have biblical texts to work with, so I didn't have to conjure something out of thin air, but I did have to sit my butt down and do the work.
Nowadays, most of what I write are nonfiction essays and the like. Now that I'm finished with the novel, that is. They usually take the form of my reflections on the news of the day from a progressive faith perspective. So I basically read and watch and listen to the news until I hear something that "grabs" me in some way—usually negatively—and I try to write something meaningful and at least marginally hopeful about it. The name of my blog, after all, where most of this stuff appears, is THE HOPEFUL CURMUDGEON.
Nowadays, most of what I write are nonfiction essays and the like. Now that I'm finished with the novel, that is. They usually take the form of my reflections on the news of the day from a progressive faith perspective. So I basically read and watch and listen to the news until I hear something that "grabs" me in some way—usually negatively—and I try to write something meaningful and at least marginally hopeful about it. The name of my blog, after all, where most of this stuff appears, is THE HOPEFUL CURMUDGEON.
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