Really good writing, from my perspective, runs a lot like a visual on the screen. You need to create that kind of detail and have credibility with the reader, so the reader knows that you were really there, that you really experienced it, that you know the details. That comes out of seeing.
Ann VoskampThat little burning bush that is the signature of the blog - it echoes Elizabeth Barrett Browning's words.
Ann VoskampI think God calls us to small things, to faithfulness right where we are, to just do the next thing.
Ann VoskampGod doesn't want your leftovers. God wants your love overtures, your first-overs, because He is your first love.
Ann VoskampIf I had the perspective of the whole, perhaps I'd see it? That which seems evil, is it a cloud to bring rain, to bring a greater good to the whole of the world? Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perseverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?
Ann Voskamp