The Shoemaker: Lessons in imagery from Charles Dickens

n just one paragraph from Book 1, Chapter 5 of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens teaches a master-class to those of us who would use similes to make communication more vivid.
The faintness of the voice was pitiable and dreadful. It was not the faintness of physical weakness, though confinement and hard fare [...]

New Category/Topic: Preaching

’ve added a new category to the website: Preaching.
I preach occasionally at our church and have recently come to be more interested in what it means to preach Biblically, clearly, and to the heart. It’s not completely outside of the realm of this website, either, given that it is an integral part of the [...]