Category Archives: life and writing

The Bible’s Shocking Four Letter Words

Posted on September 1, 2010 by andrewkooman

Have you ever been shocked at the four-letter words in the Bible? Sometimes they offend me more than the four-letter words I hear on the street, because they offend and upend my whole view of things. Scripture, for instance, has … Continue reading →

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The Wonder and Horror of the Greatest Command

Posted on August 25, 2010 by andrewkooman

Annie Dillard asks a question about beauty in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek that nearly stops my beating heart. She frames the question with an Eskimo story told by Farley Mowat about a man, his young wife, and the girl’s mother … Continue reading →

Posted in andrew kooman, life and writing, mind.heart, weekly feature, writing | Tagged 50 years, Annie Dillard, christ, covenant, Farley Mowat, greatest command, Loren Cunningham, love, Mark 12, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, YWAM | 4 Comments

Making of Mephibosheth – Chat Group 4

Posted on August 18, 2010 by andrewkooman

The following is part of the back story I developed for the narrator in my short story “Mephibosheth“. Birk Sproxton, who led the creative writing class at the Red Deer College in 2002 (where said story emerged) gave us a … Continue reading →

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Making of Mephibosheth – Chat Group 3

Posted on August 11, 2010 by andrewkooman

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Making of Mephibosheth – Chat Group 2

Posted on August 4, 2010 by andrewkooman

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Making Of Mephibosheth – Chat Group 1

Posted on July 28, 2010 by andrewkooman

Posted in andrew kooman, life and writing, writing | Tagged Birk Sproxton, character, prompts, Red Deer College, workshop, writers block | Leave a comment

VIDEO: Limitation as Spur for Creativity

Posted on July 28, 2010 by andrewkooman

Here’s a video with a bit of the background information about how “Mephibosheth” came to be as a story, with a short tribute to the late Birk Sproxton, a Canadian writer many of us miss. Read “Mephibosheth” here. Read the … Continue reading →

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Andrew’s Reflections featured in Eye See Magazine

Posted on July 19, 2010 by andrewkooman

Was happy to receive the new issue (in English) of Eye See Magazine in the mail today. An article I wrote, “Reflections on My Time Spent with Burmese Refugees in Malaysia” was featured in the latest issue. Order your copy … Continue reading →

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Irrational Optimism

Posted on July 14, 2010 by andrewkooman

No one doubts that an ordinary man can get on with this world: but we demand not strength enough to get on with it, but strength enough to get it on. Can he hate it enough to change it, and … Continue reading →