With all the tension in the Middle East, I wondered: Why haven’t the people of Iran risen up against their harsh government? At first, it seemed like a simple question. But as I looked deeper, I realized it only scratches the surface. I was in high school during the Iranian hostage crisis in 1980, andContinueContinue reading “A Light in the Silence: How the Gospel Is Growing in Iran”
Author Archives: Darrell Curtis
The Good, The Bad, and The Bilingual
I love my FJ Cruiser. No, really—I do. She handles tight spots with ease… but she also has an unexpected flair for the dramatic. True story: About a week ago, her Bluetooth system decided she was ready for a change and flipped from English to fluent Español. No warning. No polite heads-up. There I was,ContinueContinue reading “The Good, The Bad, and The Bilingual”
The Fathers We Don’t Talk About
On Father’s Day, it’s natural to honor the men who raised us: the ones who worked long days, taught us right from wrong, and if we were fortunate, gave us a sense of our worth in the world. But there’s another kind of fatherhood I’ve been thinking about. One that doesn’t always get a mentionContinueContinue reading “The Fathers We Don’t Talk About”
Name Change
I’ve renamed the Category and Menu items formerly known as “Slice O’Life.” While it seemed charming and personal to me, my stories and their themes have grown wilder and more tangled, calling for a name that embraces their full tapestry. So now it’s “Life’s Tapestry,” a name that will appear in the Menu bar and betterContinueContinue reading “Name Change”
The Discover page updated
I’ve removed a writing resource from the list of websites on the Discover page of this site. Apparently the NaNoWriMo website shut down completely in May, leaving writers who participated in their annual 50,000-word writing challenge without access to their past or current work saved there. A little googling shows that the organization—whose acronym standsContinueContinue reading “The Discover page updated”
Veni. Vidi. Scripsi. 