Sublime

Michael Hauge taught me that every good story is built on three foundational elements: character, desire, and conflict, also known as the plot.

Be creative.

Authentic.

Costello remembers getting a letter from Wallace announcing that he wanted to write fiction that would still be read “100 years from now.”

Fourth, I believe that Crossan, in common (be it said) with the great majority of New Testament scholars, has misunderstood the nature of apocalyptic. Just as Crossan ‘reads’ Jesus’ healings, and his open table-fellowship, as indicating a profoundly subversive intent within the world of his day, so I have argued elsewhere that ‘apocalyptic’ writing

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Frank talk, spirited debate, laughter, and love. If I could distill a Braintrust meeting down to its most essential ingredients, those four things would surely be among them.

Daniel echoed the statement Core had made during their visit. “Nothing is certain. Outcomes follow probabilities.”