Here is a look back at 2024 and the lessons I learned as full-time author and creator. This is the seventh annual project report (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023). Here is the month-by-month breakdown of the time I spent as a creator: My Top 25 Projects Total Time: 904:52 Hours My 2024 Vision & Goals I started…
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The Parable of the Long Spoons: Summary, Meaning, and Questions
The Parable of the Long Spoons is a story about heaven and hell. Although it does not appear in the Bible, it has been used by many preachers and teachers to teach about the importance of humility and love. This story teaches a lesson about the need to be selfless and generous in order to…
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Kitchen Table Prayer: A Story for Kids
Late one evening in 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr. sat alone at his kitchen table. His wife and daughter lay asleep in the next room. King had spent the last few weeks organizing and promoting a boycott of the buses in Montgomery to make a statement for equal rights between white and black citizens. The…
Mr. Beast’s Message to His Future Self: A Story for Kids
With millions of subscribers and billions of views, Mr. Beast is the most popular YouTuber on the planet. A decade ago, however, Jimmy Donaldson (Mr. Beast’s real name) was posting amateur videos of himself playing Minecraft and other video games. You might see his success today overlook how he got started. It took 137 videos…
The Little Drummer Boy Story for Kids
The following story is based upon the popular Christmas carol, “The Little Drummer Boy” by Katherine Kennicott Davis (1941). Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum! I played my drum as loud as I could. I looked down at my empty hat on the ground near the road, not a single coin inside. I had never seen our little town…
