HERE ARE A FEW WORDS about my writing process, which I am sharing here because it involves you too. You see, the impartation of information is only one aspect of what is taking place. I am aware that a relationship is being set up between me as the writer and you as the reader.

This means that, in the first place, I have to earn the trust of my readers. That is a very precious agenda. It means that a writer cannot and must not ever deceive his readers — wittingly or unwittingly — or he has failed to earn the right to be trusted. I am not just writing novels here; I am imparting what I believe to be truth; and when truth is one’s commodity then one can either communicate it as purely as is humanly possible or dilute it in various levels of concentration from ‘almost truth’ to outright untruth or even lies. Readers therefore have to trust that I have honed my art, and worked on myself, to such a degree that for me to impart untruth would be unthinkable. That is not to say that it cannot happen; but if it did then that would be a genuine mistake rather than a deliberate deception. I actually sweat over my writings trying to ensure that I make them as correct and informative as possible!😰 I have always sent out my work with the rider that if anyone can prove that I am wrong then I would immediately correct or retract the offending material. That has not happened yet. I am not speaking about mere disagreement. Disagreement with something I write is not a sound enough foundation for me to acknowledge any error. But being provably wrong is another matter altogether. Therefore, earning your trust honestly and genuinely, and consistently maintaining that standard, is right at the top of my agenda.

In the second place, a writer has to care about his readership. One is not just churning out stuff for its own sake, or to boost the reputation of the writer. One is creating and presenting before God and for His people. I am constantly aware that there are real live souls at the other end of the tube who are at many different levels of understanding, and rather than play just to one demographic, one has to ensure that all readers are being taken along in the wake. This does not mean ‘lowest common denominator’ writing, because I also do not want to patronize anyone. So I give my readers credit for the fact that if I sometimes use a slightly more obscure word, they will look it up and thereby learn something new. Readers, too, have a responsibility to use their minds to the full capacity according to their giftedness from God. In a way, all this means that I need ‘writer’s empathy’ — to feel you all out there as real people with as much of a hunger for truth as I have, but who could also be vulnerable and open to being misled if the right level of responsibility is not met. I would deserve to lose this ministry if I did not meet that level of responsibility. As Jesus Himself said, “If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea” (Matthew 18:6).

In the third place, I have come to realise that writing in this way is a kind of pastoral counselling. The writer is continually anticipating the kind of questions which would be raised by the readers and doing his best to answer them, if possible in advance. One is counselling numerous people all at the same time, and because everyone is at a different place in their growth and level of understanding, one is counselling each individual according to their spiritual needs. That, to me, is a lovely thought. It is like pouring out a drink which exactly fills each one’s cup even though all those cups are of a different size.

Anyway, I do not want to ramble any further. I have said enough. These were just some thoughts which had welled-up in me overnight and which I really wanted to communicate to you.

Hoping you found the recent commentary on Matthew 24 and 25 helpful. If you have not downloaded it yet, then I really encourage you to do so.

Love & Blessings from me,💝

Alan

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© Copyright, Alan Morrison, 2026
[The copyright on my works is merely to protect them from any wanton plagiarism which could result in undesirable changes (as has actually happened!). Readers are free to reproduce my work, so long as it is in the same format and with the exact same content and its origin is acknowledged]

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