Chris Pepple

truth over silence I am not a peacekeeper I am a truth seeker… I do not keep the peace at all costs because I see that “peace” in the...

“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.” (Hosea 12:6 ESV) Most of us...

On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased...Psalm 138:3 (ESV) Sometimes I stop and stand in silence, taking...

“... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our...

There are those moments in life that hold sweet anticipation of the next day ahead… when we proclaim our newly found love for the first...

Shifting the Bowl by Chris Pepple @2005 I shifted the bowl on my coffee table so I could dust and get ready for the evening. Six couples...

I'm thankful to have been asked to be a guest blogger for author JPC Allen. If you would like to read about why I have chosen to write in...

Recently, I felt as if my writing and marketing projects weren’t headed in the right direction. Time to reassess my work! That thought...

Have you ever had a great idea for a character or a plot, but you just couldn’t figure out how to move forward? When you tried to flesh...

We all start somewhere as a somebody who takes on labels and names and identities assigned to us by those who happen to come our way, by...

Who are you writing for? That’s a question I ask people when I am speaking to groups about writing careers. Are you writing for you, or...

I truly believe that "good people" fail to understand the power of their words. What starts out as mistrust and dislike in one...

Whenever I teach a beginning writing course, most participants tell me that they have wanted to write a book for years. Most just don’t...