Daniel J Philips I have enjoyed writing since I was very young. My first attempted opus was a rambling science-fiction tale, undertaken (and never finished) in my pre-teen years. I remember one line which gave next-oldest sister great merriment. As I recall it, I wa attempting to describe a character who was a nurse. I delivered myself of this: "Beneath her cold, harsh posterior beat a heart of gold." The line reveals two things at least about me. First, I needed a lot of seasoning (e.g. to avoid hackneyed cliches "like the plague" -- or at least to use them correctly). Second, I needed something worth writing about. The first has continued over the years, honed in academic writing, newspaper columns, papers, tracts, online forums, and blogs. The second only started in February of 1973, when God absolutely transformed my life by bringing me to faith in Jesus Christ. One of the biggest results of this transformation in Read More Read Less