Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
Depression isn’t a dragonThat overtly threatensAnd awakensVanquishing knightsInside ourselves. Rather,It is a silent enemyThat infiltratesAnd becomes part of the landscape,Assuming more and more prominenceUntil takeoverIs accomplished. To mount an insurrectionWe must developA vigilant networkOf counter-spiesSnooping through the mundane,Sniffing out each plot,Shoring upThe sagging bulwarksOf equanimity. Sorry, I can’t help you with that. I wrote this… Read More
Life is vapor, unmanageable,unpredictable, andterminal. 1 We are stuck in meaningless toil,with an unknowable fate, andhuman hopelessness. 3 We are governed by desires ofour mutinous flesh, leadingto hostility and death. 7 Under the powers of this dark world, 8we are open to the devil’s schemes, 9with only the world’s weapons. 10 Is that all there… Read More
My favorite writers on thehabit.co are investigating creative nonfiction led by Jonathan Rogers. We read through a well-known essay and evaluate what makes it click. Then we receive a writing prompt to practice one of the methods that was used. The assignment this time was: “in 300 words, paint as full a portrait of a… Read More
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[k] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39, NIV
20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. (Romans 1:20, ESV) Have you noticed how many times patterns seem to be repeated throughout all of creation? What invisible attribute of God… Read More
“Don’t cry.”Lord, don’t let those words pass my lipsand plug up a needed releaseof pressure through tearsto avoid explosion.Something insidewants to be expressed, released, unshackled. Strong emotions,when hidden deep inside,inflate over timeand shoot to the surfacelike a submerged beach ball surges, burgeons, bursts forth. Let me be okay with tears,an inbuilt, relief mechanism,as they flow… Read More
Grandparenting begins with parenting,but parenting doesn’t end with grandparenting. The constant needs of toddlers, to the sass and angst of junior high,and the eye-rolling or still-a-kidness of teens gives way to young adultswho know all the right ways to do things. Consistent adulting takes its toll, on your grownup kids,and parents help fill the gaps,… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 