He can clap 721 times in 60 seconds. A world record.
When I need applause for finishing my blog I’ll hire him.
Fun Fridays – April 20, 2018
Author Steve Laube
Never Assume Biblical Literacy
It wasn’t long ago that a reference to a Biblical character or a Bible verse would be widely understood without explanation. That is no longer true. Researcher George Gallup said “We revere the Bible, but we don’t read it.” This was recently illustrated in our local newspaper in an article …
Fun Fridays – April 13, 2018
This video is the perfect illustration of the futility of an author trying to chase the market and catch it.
Books Change Lives
I have to let you read this story. An author recently wrote this to me: I’d like to share something with you that I’m not sure a lot of authors get to share. Two months ago, I noticed my novels on my youngest daughter’s nightstand and found her reading them …
Fun Fridays – April 6, 2018
Hard to imagine in these days of the printing press that at one time a book was handcrafted. In addition, some were illuminated or adorned with elaborate artwork. Today’s video is a six minute presentation on the craft of hand-printed illuminated manuscripts. Enjoy!
40 Days with One Composition
For the last few years I’ve used the forty days of Lent as an auditory discipline. I try to listen to one collection of music during the entire season. This year’s choice was Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross.” I listened to the …
He is Risen!
He is risen indeed! Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching …
Gray Saturday
I wrote this many years ago and read it every Easter weekend as a reminder. May it speak to you in some small way.
Gray Saturday
by Steve Laube
Holy weekend is such a study in contrasts.
Friday is dark. Somber. Frightening in its hopelessness and pain.
I do not like Dark Fridays.
The nails bury themselves deep into my soul.
They become a singular stake through the heart of this sinner.
Piercing. Rending. Bloody.
Vanquishing this creature of the night who dares to follow his own way.
Christ’s death becomes mine.
The death I deserve.
Dark Friday
I wrote this piece a few years ago and thought it appropriate to post every year on Dark Friday.
Take Me, Break Me
(a prayer)
by Steve Laube
Take my eyes Lord.
Strike me blind.
* * *
Then heal me Lord
That I may see with Your eyes.
Take my hands Lord.
Crush every bone.
* * *
Then heal me Lord
That I may touch with Your tenderness.
You Have the Right to Write Rite. Right?
by Anonymous: When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write, if the copy is right. If however, your copy falls over, you must right your copy. If you write religious services you write rite, and have the right to copyright the rite you write. …