The beautiful thing about figurative language is how it can capture a person’s imagination, and how it can serve as an invitation to a different way of understanding something particularly abstract through the use of symbolism. Figurative language is also the only way to describe the indescribable.
Read MoreThere is a well-known Indian fable called “The Blind Men and the Elephant.” In this story, six different blind men each encounter an elephant, and being blind, they try to identify the elephant through touch.
Read MoreYou may try to answer that question with how you worship. “I worship by singing with a praise band and lifting my arms high in the air.” “I worship by singing from a hymnal with an organ and choir.” I worship by…
Read MoreIn September of 2016, NBC released a new TV series that would become one of the most watched and loved series on television. It was called “This Is Us.” Maybe you’ve heard of it?
Read MoreIn my last semester of the MDiv program at Campbell University Divinity School, I read a book called The Sacred Journey, an autobiography/memoir written by Frederick Buechner. It is the story of Buechner’s life and journey of faith, meant to inspire the reader …
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