At Christmas, we remember the story of the birth of Jesus and His long-awaited coming. On Easter, we celebrate the true purpose of His Christmas birth – to draw us back to the Father. My devotional, Walking with Jesus to the Cross, invites each of us to draw near to Jesus and express and extravagant love for the One who first loved us.

To categorize art, music, or writing as secular versus Christian limits the artist, the art, and the God who created both. It’s time for us to stop drawing lines of limitations where the arts intersect with our faith and break the bonds of arbitrary, artificial expectations.

There are countless excuses and obstacles to writing or creating or fulfilling our purpose. The doubts and the lies can be beaten back, but they will return. Even so, the choice remains ours. Will we fight for our dream when the Resistance pushes against us? Be the squirrel.