On Spoon-feeding:

I don't like spoon-feeding answers in the devotionals and studies I write. I want my studies to not just give answers, but to lead people to discover the answers for themselves. When the reader gets to the end of a study I want them to come away thinking they've discovered a valuable truth or a new viewpoint from which to view the world. I think that people will remember a lesson much better when they feel it's something they learned on their own.

I think this is especially true in religious writing, particularly writing to people who may not necessarily believe everything about Christianity. People like this are turned away by dogmatic statements. I don't want to make a statement like "God is absolute, his moral code should be our moral code," even though that's what I believe. Instead I want to lead people to first understand that we need a moral code, then to discover that we have one given to us in the Bible and what's more it's something that nearly everyone in America owns. From there I want them to see the value of this code, then—at the end—to consider the Person who gave us this code.

I just feel that when I have to insert a paragraph in a study like described above that says God is God and His viewpoint is the Ultimate viewpoint, I'll turn away people who don't like dogmatic statements and the only people who will continue the study are the ones who already agree with that statement anyway.