Author: henryalewis

Henry Lewis lives in the Minneapolis area with his lovely wife where he writes and plays, and dreams of trails. He is just beginning to share his writing with others. His first published book, "Getting Amazing Things Done", shares his lifetime of insights on What Successful Project Managers Know and How They Lead People to Do Amazing Things. Henry's newest book, "Laughter Near the Edge of Heaven", are his Confessions of a Trail Runner. This work captures his twin passions of trail running and unpacking the things of God in the natural world. He takes us along the trails as he travels the world.

Speaking to the writer within

Sometimes you are not ready to write a piece – a poem, a story, a novel, or perhaps an essay. Maybe you have a line or two, or an interesting thought or image, but that is all. And you write them down. And it is good that you write them down. But the word fragments seem yet too germinal or embryonic at this point, too small to tell a tale or to have reached a maturity of completeness or conveyed-ness of meaning just yet. The toss of words cannot yet support a story or an idea complete. It needs time to maturate within you, to grow and flower and come to fruit in your days, and then it will come full and you will taste its sweetness. It needs time and the seasoning of your days. So, write the words and live expectant of God’s good hand upon your work.

Henry

Two Poems for You

It was an honor today to have two of my poems published on The Field Guide Poetry Magazine in their newest release September 2024 Issue VII.

Read them here.

And if you have some time, browse my Substack essays at A Curious Light. Currently twenty-four essays and a few poems to sweeten your day.

Blessings,

Henry

As a Writer

As a writer I often begin at the moment I fell in love with Jesus.

I begin there because it is the beginning of things for me, the beginning of everything good and true. It is the root of my honest and real self, set out on a journey of forever coming to know The One Who Made Me more intimately. But it is not like that for everyone.

So, as I write, I try to remember that time, I reimagine that moment and see myself facing a crossroads, to go down the dark path or one much brighter and full of hope. In my novels and some of my short stories (yet to be published), some of my characters choose the dark path. In my writings you meet some of these and you are left with an aimlessness, a restlessness, as souls adrift on a hopeless sea of want. It is there I explore the darker passages of the heart and the corrupt intentions of broken man. Yet the light overcomes the darkness. It always does.

Thank you for coming along on my journey as a writer. I continue my work on novels, short stories, and poetry, and submit regularly to those that publish such things.

My essays are published twice monthly on my Substack A Curious Light, and distributed into your email as text and audio, as well as a podcast at A Curious Light Podcast. Subscribe free or paid. I would love to see you there among my subscribers.

The journey continues.

Blessing all,

Henry

Headphones and Ear Buds

As you may have noticed with my Maundy Thursday and Easter posts, I have begun to introduce some audio into my posts (as when I read a poem) along with the readable text. I hope you enjoy these.

Over on my Substack essays A Curious Light, I have begun to do the same thing. Each new post will include an audio reading of the piece. The audio is attached to the normal Substack essay with the audio available at the beginning. If you are a subscriber, you will notice this even in the email you receive as my work is published. You can listen right from your email, though I encourage you to go to my Substack, browse around, and leave a comment or subscribe if you like.

If you are more of a podcast mind frame and enjoy listening to things while walking the dog or driving to work or whatever, I have also added a podcast to my Substack entitled A Curious Light Podcast. Each Substack posting will be converted to audio for the convenience of my reader/listeners. New releases will always include audio. I will slowly make my way through my previous essays, though that will take some time, so I ask for your patience. You will also find the podcasts on Apple Podcast and Spotify with a delay of perhaps a day or so.

Bless you all.

Henry

I read my Maundy Thursday poem

On this holy day Maundy Thursday, I read for you one of my poems.

Thank you for listening and reading this poem.

You may enjoy my Substack essays entitled A Curious Light. Please give them a taste, it is free, and consider becoming a regular reader/subscriber. Feel free to browse all my essays. If you signup today, my essay The Babbler Among the Wise Guys will conveniently arrive in your mailbox 1 April 2024. I look forward to seeing you among my subscribers.

Henry

What Can We Learn from a Child?

If you are intrigued by this, then you may enjoy my Substack essays entitled A Curious Light. Please give them a taste, it is free, and consider becoming a regular reader/subscriber. Feel free to browse all my essays. If you signup today, my essay The Incredible Magnificent Wonder of Children will conveniently arrive in your mailbox 15 March 2024. I look forward to seeing you among my subscribers.

Henry