Ponderings

This post is part of the Poured Forth Blog Post Series: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Poured Forth is also available as a book: Poured Forth Between February and December 2024, I released nearly all my life’s work to the public domain on my website—over 700 works, including poetry, landscape photographs, […] Read more…

This post is part of the Poured Forth Blog Post Series: 1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Poured Forth is also available as a book: Poured Forth The creative spark is both a blessing and a burden. The blessing flashes on us like a lightning bolt. We wake up from a dream […] Read more…

This post is part of the Poured Forth Blog Post Series: 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 7 8 9 Poured Forth is also available as a book: Poured Forth I studied music composition and music theory at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. One day my main professor received a request for help with […] Read more…

This post is part of the Poured Forth Blog Post Series: 1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7 8 9 Poured Forth is also available as a book: Poured Forth Shortly after earning my Ph.D. in Music Composition, I began to take stock of what I might do with my free time since I was […] Read more…

This post is part of the Poured Forth Blog Post Series: 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7 8 9 Poured Forth is also available as a book: Poured Forth For the next post, I’ll need you to get out a piece of paper or open a new document online. At the top, please list […] Read more…

This post is part of the Poured Forth Blog Post Series: 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9 Poured Forth is also available as a book: Poured Forth It is clear by now that I believe the best way to serve the Lord with the God-honoring things we create is to release them […] Read more…

This post is part of the Poured Forth Blog Post Series: 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8 9 Poured Forth is also available as a book: Poured Forth In February 2024, multiple streams converged in a series of dramatic events in my creative life. It all happened so fast that it’s difficult now […] Read more…

This post is part of the Poured Forth Blog Post Series: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 Poured Forth is also available as a book: Poured Forth Do you remember the contract I asked you to write up and sign a few posts ago? It ran like this: You will grant to […] Read more…

This post is part of the Poured Forth Blog Post Series: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9] Poured Forth is also available as a book: Poured Forth Do you hold an earned doctorate? If so, do you still control the copyright to your dissertation? If so, would you say your dissertation is […] Read more…