Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
The need to feel loved is a primary human emotional need. To get it, we’ll climb mountains, ford streams, sail across seas, traverse deserts, and endure incredible hardships. Without it, we tire out in the foothills, hate to get our feet wet, get seasick, make it only as far as the first oasis, and bail… Read More
What is love? This is a question that has been pondered, poemed, painted, pinpointed, pontificated, and perused since Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden. And don’t forget all the songs—written, played, and sung in every genre and generation. What is love? There’s no clear answer or rather there are millions of answers. So… Read More
I understand how cars work. Airplanes are way over my head. Q: What is round and very bad-tempered?A: A vicious circle. Q: What is a tree’s favorite drink? A: Root Beer
In the parable of the sower, Jesus uses types of soil to represent different character types and the development of their relationship with him. Do you see yourself in this story? Are you the same kind of soil that you were years ago? “Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seed. As he scattered it… Read More
If you are familiar with the geography of Israel, you know that the Sea of Galilee in the north flows south by way of the Jordan River and empties into the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea goes nowhere, nothing flows out of it—that’s why it is called the Dead Sea. We can be like this,… Read More
I’ve often been asked about the process of turning a Biblical story into a work of historical fiction. The fictional scene below takes place shortly before the deaths of Ruth’s husband and brother-in-law. It marks a changing point in the lives of Ruth and Naomi as told in Less Than a Widow. Every muscle in… Read More
Togetherness in the guest room bedroom, grandkids, and doggos joining me downstairs in our apartment. The warning siren is sounding over and over as funnel clouds and tornados are spotted and heading toward us. Grandpa and dad are in our living room of our basement apartment, a room with two windows. But they are men.… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 