Tag: morality
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Integrity: Can it be lost and then re-found? (Philosophical musings of my next novel.)
He is a man of integrity. Have you ever heard someone referred to as such? What does that really mean? A man of perfection? A man of excellent decision making abilities? A man who is trustworthy and honest? Isn’t that actually quite a heavy anchor to put on someone’s shoulders? I remember a former pastor…
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Writing Stories that Teach and Make People Think
I love stories that teach. Not in a pedagogical sense, but stories that emit meaning, that make one think. Stories that teach us something about the human condition. Stories, for me, have to be about more than just entertainment. In our increasingly relativistic world, I have seen a general trend in storytelling – it has…
