Articles By: Kim Gottschild

Kim has the Tower of Babel incident to thank for giving her a career as a world language teacher, but she still manages to find time to serve as Editor in Chief for Burnside Writers Collective, where she also writes about trying to live like God likes her. She resides with her spouse, their two precocious daughters, and their two rescue dogs in Carmel “by the Corn,” Indiana. To get in touch with Kim find her on Facebook.

Easter Monday Reflections

Hey – it’s still Easter in some parts of the world! According to Wikipedia, it’s Easter Monday in some 120 countries around the world, and people are still celebrating Holy Week. Per my casual research, people are holding egg races, pouring buckets of water over girls’ heads,...

April 1st, 2013 | Letters from the Editor | Read More

Tundra

I’m flipping through photos from our summer vacation in Estes Park, Colorado, where we spent a week hiking and horseback riding through Rocky Mountain National Park. Oh, there we are at Bear Lake. We were still getting acclimated to the high altitude. The Cliff Bars some fellow hikers had given...

March 28th, 2013 | Featured | Read More

Besides the Bible Book Club

Welcome to our Besides the Bible Book Club “meeting.” We’re excited to read Thin Blue Smoke together with you this February. Join the conversation in the comments below. Doug Worgul, the author himself, is moderating, so just hit reply and chime in. We’ve also created a PDF version...

February 15th, 2013 | Books | Read More

Besides the Bible Book Club

February 8th, 2013 | Books | Read More

AGITATE with Pam Hogeweide

CREATIVE. Typically used as a descriptive word, such as, “She is such a creative person,” or “He is a creative thinker.” I’ve noticed though, that creative is now also being used as a label to identify a tribe of people. They are referred to as Creatives. I’ve even heard of “the...

February 7th, 2013 | Agitate | Read More

The Reject Tree

The Grinch could have Christmas for all I cared. There was no need to even steal it – I would have given it to him and his sidekick dog without protest. And while we’re at it, I’ll freely admit that I sympathized with Scrooge and even inwardly shouted “Ba Humbug!” every...

December 25th, 2012 | Featured | Read More

Besides the Bible Book Club

Welcome to our third EVER Besides the Bible Book Club “meeting.” We’re excited to be reading this book together with you this December. Join the conversation in the comments below. Kim is moderating, so just hit reply and chime in. We’ve also created a PDF version of the discussion questions...

December 23rd, 2012 | Books | Read More

Pray

November 23rd, 2012 | Featured | Read More

He Heard Us

I have decided I like gifts. I like to both give and receive them. I know it’s not super PC anymore, what with all the materialism and all. But I actually grew up rather spoiled, and rather than staying spoiled I learned that material stuff does not solve all life’s problems. So I don’t...

November 23rd, 2012 | Letters from the Editor | Read More