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I’m on “The Prolific Christian Writer” Podcast!

January 2, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Gary Neal Hansen on Thien Doan's Prolific Christian Writer podcast

Southern California pastor, writer, and podcaster Thien Doan invited me to be on his podcast! This was my first podcast invitation, so I was really jazzed about it. (I didn’t spill the beans by telling Thien that I’m not really so prolific.) The Prolific Christian Writer Podcast It is a pretty new podcast and I […]

Filed Under: Reviews, The Inner Life of the Writer Tagged With: Podcast, The Prolific Christian Writer, Thien Doan'

Writing (A “Benedictory” Column for the Presbyterian Outlook)

April 6, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Writing

I’m back! As of today my right hand is no longer in a splint. The last six weeks of being functionally left-handed have been full of challenges. Not least of these was the inability to type. I gave myself a break from blogging. I hope you’ll still find my site and come along for the […]

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Heidelberg Catechism, Iconography, The Inner Life of the Writer Tagged With: Presbyterian Outlook

Writing, Despite It All (The Writer’s Inner Life)

March 6, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

I was doing what I normally do in the late afternoon: cooking dinner for my family. I was cutting up an onion with an 8 inch chef’s knife. I was holding it the way chefs teach you to hold it. A jolt of pain shot through my right hand. The knuckle of my middle finger looked […]

Filed Under: Iconography, Prayer, The Inner Life of the Writer

Treasure in Earthen Vessels (The Writer’s Inner Life)

February 20, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen 1 Comment

treasure in earthen vessels

(This is the fourth post in a series on writing an icon in the Orthodox Christian tradition. To start at the beginning, click here.) Once the lines are drawn and inscribed on the gesso board, I’m itching to get my brushes and add some paint. Not so fast. My teachers had a very specific step-by-step […]

Filed Under: Iconography, Prayer, The Inner Life of the Writer Tagged With: Adam, Clay, Gold, Halo, Treasure in clay jars, Treasure in earthen vessels

The Lines of the Image (The Writer’s Inner Life)

February 13, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

(This post is third in a series on writing an icon in the Orthodox Christian tradition. To start at the beginning, click here.) If I were more advanced, I would be putting my own drawing on the board. I would work on a classical model, thinking hard about issues of geometry, style, and symbolism as well […]

Filed Under: Iconography, Prayer, The Inner Life of the Writer Tagged With: Image of God, Lines of the image, Typology

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