by Ruth Verkaik | Sep 9, 2021 | Creativity, Thinking
Every year, it happens. I get the school calendar, Wednesday night church activities dates, tennis practices and matches, band rehearsals and parades – to say nothing of my own schedules and activities. I hear the gloriously open boxes on the calendar start to...
by Ruth Verkaik | Mar 11, 2021 | Books, Creativity, Theology, Thinking
Did you know that his publisher bet Ted that he couldn’t write a book using only 50 words? The result was Green Eggs and Ham. Did you know Horton Hears a Who was published after Horton Hatches the Egg? I always figured Horton sat on the egg because he remembered a...
by Ruth Verkaik | Jan 14, 2021 | Creativity
Guys, I don’t know what to say. This is definitely a departure from my normal content here. I’ve started this post so many times (serious, snarky and a variety of other options) and somehow I keep coming back to this. We need a moment of laughter. Or a lot...
by Ruth Verkaik | Sep 10, 2019 | Books, Creativity, Words, Writing
It’s been awhile! But I’m back after a crazy busy summer with a great review for you! My friend Kate Motaung (moe-ta-oong) the brains behind Five Minute Friday has launched a new paper journal for the annual October writing challenge: 31 Days of Five...
by Ruth Verkaik | Jul 16, 2019 | Books, Creativity, Theology, Thinking
From the Back Cover: When Cohen Marah steps over his father’s body in the basement embalming room of the family’s funeral home, he has no idea that he is stepping into a labyrinth of memory. Over the next week, Cohen’s childhood comes back in living color. The...
by Ruth Verkaik | Aug 23, 2018 | Creativity, Theology, Thinking
I can’t believe it’s done, but summer officially is over. Yesterday, the busses came and all three of my backpack-laden creative people got on and left. For the first time, I wasn’t ready. Oh, I had all the school supplies collected and labeled, but I still had more...
