Imagination – Today, if you hear his voice

Hope for the Darkness in Story Form

Here’s a short story I wrote. John the Baptist Died in Hope a story by Ben White imagined from Luke 7:18-25 and Mark 6:14-29 Tonight there was a torch in the hall. So, as had become his custom, he lay his cheek against the cold stone floor of the cell to watch under the door.Continue reading “Hope for the Darkness in Story Form”

Saving our Imaginations from Fortnite

I am reading A Wrinkle in Time to my son, Oliver, who is 7 years old. One of my goals is to teach him to use and develop his imagination. I actually stop as we’re reading to encourage him to be still and actively imagine what he’s hearing. It’s hard for him to not fidget with somethingContinue reading “Saving our Imaginations from Fortnite”

Swimming Under Niagara Falls with Jesus

At the Lent retreat this weekend we were led to practice prayer of imagination. Here’s a story I wrote about my experience: I’m on the Maid of the Mist, the boat that takes tourist into the clouds at the base of Niagara Falls. If the light is right, there are rainbows everywhere. The light wasn’tContinue reading “Swimming Under Niagara Falls with Jesus”