Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
I built my first version of this WordPress website in 2012. I know that today (March 1, 2024) because WordPress sent me a message to let me know it was my 12th anniversary with them. If you ask me, “how long,” in a few weeks, I will probably say, “a long time,” because my brain… Read More
I am immersed in words, graphics, and book on an exciting project I am working on with my brother Dave. He preached a series of sermons in July based on 2 Corinthians 10:5: “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make… Read More
This is part of a work-in-progress: historical fiction of the Bible story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38.The assignment: introduce and develop a character using physical description,clothing and person effects, actions, and dialogue. Childhood chores had been, “do this” or “do that.” Mother’s motto is “Know-how is not enough; a good wife knows when.” Every… Read More
I’m taking an online class through thehabit.co on writing techniques used by C.S. Lewis in The Silver Chair. Our assignment a few weeks ago was to write a scene of conversation in with what was said was secondary, misunderstood, or just a backdrop. I knew what I wanted to write immediately, but tried to think… Read More
Today, it happened again.I had my work schedule planned:Answer emails, edit a resume, and write next’s week Monday blog—All of this before my early-afternoon online meeting.But, a friend asks, “May I interrupt you?”And I reply, “Please do.” Do I mean it? Of course, I do.In my thinking,People come before tasks, before things.My deadlines are self-made… Read More
Labels play an important role in our lives. They tell us who we are, our status in society, and what made us tick. But do we believe that the labels we live under are the truth about ourselves. What does God say about labels? The Bible is more than an interesting bit of history. It’s… Read More
When I was doing a character study on Ruth of the Bible, I started investigating the affects that labels can have on her self-image. Did the labels assigned to Ruth in her early life leave scars in adulthood? Did they affect her as she married into an Hebrew family and as she was introduced to… Read More
