Web: The information accessed via the internet.
Log: The official recording of events during a voyage by sea or air.
Blog: A shortening and combining of the term web log, referring to a webpage or site where someone writes regularly and informally about personal opinions, activities, and experiences.
My disclaimer –
Under this tab so boldly marked Blog, you’ll find little stories I’m writing from my life and imagination. Stories that may contain personal opinions, activities, and experiences, but—I don’t want to mislead you—this page simply doesn’t fit the log of my voyage by web description.
So, I’ve got an idea for a more accurate name.
Bstories.
Let me know if you like it.
When Hope is Hard
There comes a time on the longest roads when the only comfort you find is in the idea of settling into the expected, however much you would never choose the thing you’ve come to expect.
To Walk as Children of Light
Thy Word is a Lamp unto my Feet and a Light unto my Path (Psalm 119:105) Picture a Grandpa and Grandma on a two-hour early Sunday morning road trip with 9-year-old twin grandsons—my bright idea for how we could all attend an out-of-town birthday party without...
Stories Between Friends – Devon Dial
A forgotten anniversary nearly ended things for good until one hideously withered daisy in an otherwise beautiful bouquet put them back on the same side to fight for their marriage together.
An Unexpected Love Story
When I picture them in this way, as part of a wedding ceremony, I can see God’s commands aren’t simply a list of rules, but more like vows of love.
Go Slow and Do Less in 2025! Rah, Rah, Rah!
I don’t know exactly what my slow year will look like other than an unhurried pondering of the dozen or so words-of-the-year that look to be walking through it with me. I’m excited to tell you the stories behind them as I bring a few at a time. (Not a jumping up and down excited, more like a quiet, glowing, gladness of anticipation.)
Why Read Fiction?
You’ve probably heard of people who don’t read for pleasure. People who read strictly out of necessity. To gain information or instruction. People who insist there’s no point in spending precious time on stories about characters who aren’t even “real.” I remember when...