by Kaine Thompson | Jan 2, 2020 | Time Passages
If you are like many people I know, you are glad to leave 2019 behind and eager to see what 2020 will bring. Of course, we can’t leave 2019 behind. We bring it with us. We celebrate on New Year’s Eve into January 1st of the new year. Everything that went...
by Kaine Thompson | Dec 24, 2019 | The Christian Life, The Writing Life
On December 24th I conducted a candlelight service to celebrate the night before Christmas. As a result, I pondered on the familiar Christmas poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” that captures the imagination of every child when they hear it. The night...
by Kaine Thompson | Dec 17, 2019 | The Christian Life
This is the third week of Advent. So, what does that mean? It means we are in the third week on a four-week journey, preparing our hearts to recall the advent of God in human form — the form of a human baby who came to live with us, to teach us about God, and to...
by Kaine Thompson | Dec 3, 2019 | Books
I am pleased to announce the launching of “Too Soon For Sunset,” the second in the Superstition Murder Club mystery series, will be on December 12th, 2019 in the Pueblo Room at Monte Vista Village Resort in Mesa, Arizona. The book is published in LARGE...
by Kaine Thompson | Nov 26, 2019 | The Christian Life
The original story of Thanksgiving now evokes controversy by many, questioning the benevolence of the Pilgrims in their interaction with Native Peoples. There may be some merit in this; however, the concept of taking time once a year to express thankfulness makes...
by Kaine Thompson | Nov 19, 2019 | The Christian Life
In this world, oddities abound; strange plants, strange beasts, and even stranger humans. There is beauty in the strangeness of these things created in the world. Strangeness is arresting–you have to stop and look. You can’t accept what your eyes see. Each of us...
by Kaine Thompson | Nov 12, 2019 | The Writing Life
This is the second part of my musing on about what we write. My previous blog, Write Out of Our Mouths, reveals what we say is often what we get. What we declare comes to pass. As a former media consultant, I know that good news — positive, uplifting, socially...
by Kaine Thompson | Nov 5, 2019 | The Writing Life
What we write or what comes out of our mouths or minds is a personal choice. What we speak is what we get. Our words, what we say and declare or write and believe, will manifest in our lives. If our words are negative, we will get more of the same. People are repulsed...
by Kaine Thompson | Oct 29, 2019 | The Writing Life
Women inspire me. I find their lives compelling. Their words and stories are full of wisdom—like this one: Ellen was one of several elderly ladies who joined me daily in the pool for water aerobics. She was ninety-eight when she passed away. Whenever I don’t...
by Kaine Thompson | Oct 22, 2019 | The Writing Life
Writing is a lonely business. It’s just you, your thoughts, and your implement of choice for capturing your words — computer, pen, voice recorder. No one can write for you. You may have taken courses, gone to conferences, learned from the best, but...
