4 Reasons Why Churches Should Stop Doing the Helicopter Egg Drop

Eight years ago I was pastoring a small church in Ashland Ohio. The church was one year old and we had around 50 people at the time. We wanted to do something BIG for an Easter outreach so we dropped 10,000 eggs from a helicopter and we emptied our checking account to do it. It …

Creating vs Not Destroying

Maybe you're not supposed to create the next big thing. Perhaps it already exists. Yes, it's true that you won't be recognized, but glory can turn on you or go bad overnight. What's wrong with promoting the thing and its maker instead of yourself? After all, isn't creativity really just assembling already existing pieces? You …

Creating vs. Not Destroying

Maybe you're not supposed to create the next big thing. Maybe it already exists. You won't be recognized but glory can turn on you or go bad overnight. What's wrong with promoting the thing, and it's creator, instead of yourself? After all, creativity is really just assembling already existing pieces. You will not be known …

How to Sell a Boa Constrictor on Craigslist

Disclaimer: this was a creative writing excercise I did a while back. I do not have a boa constrictor for sale, but I did post this on Craigslist for a day just to see if anyone would respond. I got around 10 emails with interested people. --- What started out as a present for a …

3 Things to Make Your 2018 Wishes Come True

I remember as a kid always being interested in asking questions just so I could answer it myself. My favorite was asking others "If you had three wishes, what would you ask for?" "More (or unlimited) wishes!" was the typical response from the majority of those I asked.  I could have written a fairly large …

7 Holloween Costumes for Kids

One of my favorite times of the year is the fall even though my allergies are the WORST for the duration.  Open windows, apple cider, apple cider donuts, Carmel Apple Spice, football, foliage, sweatshirts, apples... I like apples. A lot of apples. Especially apples with carmel. I even love Holloween.  Truthfully, it's origins are awful …

Creative Writing Prompt #1 – Story opening where someone has died

When J. Wallace died, a hush went out around our city.  No one here has enough time in the day to finish most things but Monday was different.  Some one even said that the generators at the auto plant whirred to a halt for 90 seconds undisturbed.  The first sound Liam heard at the office …

Writing Exercise #8 – Found poem

I had to find two ads online and create a poem only using words from the two ads.  I had to cheat a little to make it work.  Most of the words are from the listing. Here are the listings: The truck & plow both work great. Has a 350 engine that purrs like a …