by Jason Dykstra | Oct 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Suddenly hearing a piece of metal clanking around in your engine? Bad problem. Suddenly hearing your friend recovered so well you have to cancel your evening plans to bring her home from the hospital? Good problem! Today I have a very good problem. In thinking about...
by Jason Dykstra | Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Diamond in the rough. You’ve written a great first draft, you’ve had it critiqued by an impartial third party via the developmental edit, and you’ve recovered from all the criticism enough to reorganize and rewrite. It now has a much stronger...
by Jason Dykstra | Oct 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Yes! A chapter about sin and death, pretty much everyone’s favorite topics, right? Uuuuuum no, but God’s purpose for humans—including YOU—now that is always an interesting discussion. What common thread associated with sin, death, and God’s purpose...
by Jason Dykstra | Oct 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Ah, Aretha, sing it girl. But not for too long, because this post isn’t about you…or even about a girl. It’s about a student I’ve worked with named Adam Driscoll and more than just a little bit of respect. Respect is one of those ideas that...
by Jason Dykstra | Sep 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Woo hoo! You’ve written what could only be a masterpiece in the eyes of the world to solve humanity’s problems, either through witty entertainment or well-researched strategy. Just one problem…you’re the only one who’s read it so far! Now...
by Jason Dykstra | Sep 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Let’s face it, God could have stopped creating before he got to humans, or he could have created humans not in his image as he did everything else in our world. So if God saw that everything was good right up until humans came to be (Genesis 1:25), then why did...
