Five Liturgies for the Christmas Season from Every Moment Holy
A Liturgy for the Wrapping of Christmas Gifts by Wayne Garvey and Douglas McKelvey O Great Giver of All Good Gifts, I sit amongst rolls...
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Aug 24, 2015
Storied Lives
I wrote this piece five years ago. Two years later, my Daddy was diagnosed with a merciless disease, and on Monday, August 3, at 67 years...
Aug 19, 2015
Mapping The Dragon Lord Saga
I don’t think about it a lot, but maps are kind of a big deal to me. As a kid, I would sit in the back seat of the mini-van while my...
Aug 14, 2015
Sunday, Late July
Sunday afternoon, and I’m sitting on a picnic table under an open shelter at the local state park. I’m up on a hill that looks down on...
Aug 13, 2015
A Cure For Head And Shoulders Syndrome
If you’re an illustrator and you suffer from a condition I refer to as “Head and Shoulders Syndrome,” I’m here to say there is hope. This...
Aug 3, 2015
A Gospel Way of Doing
Several weeks back, I found myself in Vancouver with nothing to do. So I left my hotel room to wander around the city and made it about...
Jul 29, 2015
Let Kids Fight Evil So They Can Be Heroes
In the early to mid ’80s, I was a boy in a family where I was allowed to have a He-Man action figure, but not Skeletor. I could play...
Jul 28, 2015
Johnson Reel 100B
It’s a Johnson Century reel, model number 100B, made in the U.S.A. It used to be my Dad’s—the reel I used when I went fishing as a kid....
Jul 27, 2015
Creativity: Spiritual Battle and Spiritual Discipline, Part Two
[Read Part I here.] One of the boundaries that has helped me integrate my creativity and my spirituality is the sister-discipline of...
Jul 24, 2015
Creating a Picture Book: Part I – The Beginning
Over the years people have encouraged me to do a picture book. I love to paint and I love to write, so why not put those things together?...
Jul 20, 2015
Chris Slaten & Arthur Alligood — A House Show and the Magic of Stories
“So, what’s your story, Hannah?” The magic of North Wind Manor settled close as one of the guests asked the question of another. One was...
Jul 14, 2015
Myth—Behind the Scenes: A Tapestry of Story
When a musical is constructed with attention to detail and integrity, the dialogue, acting, and music score spin their own complex...
Jul 10, 2015
In The Foot-Care Aisle: A Sonnet
[Editor’s note: If only this had been written by John Bunyan . . .] In the Foot Care Aisle The foot care aisle at Walgreen’s maketh glad...
Jul 9, 2015
Myth: an original musical from Blackbird Theater
Editor’s note: Blackbird Theater’s musical theater epic, Myth, premieres next Friday night. Anastina McKelvey is working behind the...
Jul 7, 2015
An Encouragement to Visual Storytellers
I’m frequently asked for advice by illustrator hopefuls, and my constant response is: “Keep drawing. Keep drawing like you draw. Don’t...
Jun 30, 2015
To the Heart through a Wound
The Samaritans were the descendants of Israel’s northern kingdom who had intermarried with their Assyrian captors after they were carried...
Jun 17, 2015
Twenty Years
“When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.” – African Proverb Twenty years ago when I married my wife, I did not know her. And...
Jun 4, 2015
Monster in the Dark
[In the early summer of 2013, I contracted a blood-born bacteria which required open-heart surgery. Since then, I have been writing about...
Jun 2, 2015
Plato, Aristotle, and Writing Close to the Earth
One fine Easter weekend, having come home from graduate school, I stood in a field where waist-high egg hunters swirled like waterbugs....
Jun 1, 2015
The Man Who Planted Trees
[This piece first appeared at Jonathan-Rogers.com.] Until recently, my in-laws had a farm in South Georgia. When they bought the place,...
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