Ani Was Writing

  "Hey, Ani. You should right a little song, diddy thing for your update videos."   Amethyst plops herself down on the corner of my desk as I finish another part of my city wall in Minecraft. I hadn't really thought about the update video (it was Tuesday, 21 July 2020) and I couldn't bother to think about it. The hot day had me chained to my office chair and the nearby fan to sit and relax.   "Did you hear me?" Amethyst asks.    "Yeah, yeah." I answer. I get to a stopping point on my progress and look at her. "I mean, I could. I don't know how good the audio will be, but I could."   "I mean, think about it. You need a song about making progress, and we haven't been able to find a suitable one. Why not make it?" She runs into my room and grabs my ukulele. "Besides, you can use this thing."   "My ukulele?" I raise an eyebrow. "That's gonna be a really simple song then."   "So? It'...

Behold! The first in many updates in video form!     Don't worry, I will still be writing stuff for the blog (which will probably be my usual content like book reviews or ramblings, but pushed to the metaphorical back burner for the new stuff!).  [VIDEO REDACTED] Here are the links mentioned in the video: Fictional Series Poll and Transcript of Video  (sidenote: the transcript has comments and emoticons peppered in for fun) Have a great day!  Animus

  I know, generic obvious title, but I still want to share this.    For the last few months, I have been working on some Minecraft building. I'm building a replica for the city I am writing about for my stories. This is one of many cities, but I picked this one first because of its correlation to my current writing.    This picture is of the inner city wall I started to build. I have eight more inner city sections to build, but I wanted to experiment with the inner wall.    As you can see on the sides of the top picture, I have more to do. But I wanted to share it because I am pretty happy of it. That's it.    I will see you guys on July 18th for something I promised y'all a while back. 

Book Review The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth Written by Ted Dekker   This book holds a special place in my heart. I bought this book a long time ago as part of my "I must buy all Ted Dekker books" phase of my life. While that phase has past and I have passed along many of my Ted Dekker books to others, this one is one of the handful I have kept.    The Slumber of Christianity is a dive into a sentiment that a lot of people have expressed about the Christian church in general. The sentiment is shared in different ways, including the common one I've heard: "It just feels like the church does not practice what they preach." It is something I have shared in a few posts recently and is shared by a fair share of my peers that I went to college with. Many times I would have a conversation with peers who used to believe in Christian doctrine, but have fallen out with it. I have now gone down this same path. This path usually leads to ...