September 2022 – Jeffrey A. Nelson

Laughing Was Holy

I once told a story during a sermon about a little boy sitting in a sanctuary pew on a Sunday morning. He kept turning around in his seat and smiling at the people behind him. Eventually the boy’s mother leaned over and made him face the front, saying “Stop smiling, you’re in church!” There’s aContinue reading “Laughing Was Holy”

My Month of Writing, Derailed

The month of September has been a big writing month for me. Or at least it was supposed to be. I had the plan to work on a new manuscript a little every day this month. I was making decent progress, too. But then disaster struck. One day (the 13th, it so happened), I pluggedContinue reading “My Month of Writing, Derailed”

30 Days of Writing

I’ve been kicking around a new book idea for the past 2 years or so. As with most such ideas, it began as something very basic and abstract. More of a morsel than a full meal. But something that with enough thought could be more. This particular idea needed not only fleshing out, but time.Continue reading “30 Days of Writing”