Category Archives: Five Minute Friday

Five Minute Friday — Support

Posted on September 15, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Time for Five Minute Friday! Five Minute Friday is an opportunity to focus on a prompt word for five minutes (more or less), write a pithy (or sometimes not so pithy) post, share it with others at Kate’s place on … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Work

Posted on September 8, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Happy Five Minute Friday! The rules remain the same. Ponder the weekly prompt. Nothing too pithy, just honest as the words flow from the brain through the fingers. Keep it limited to five minutes {or so} with limited editing. Link … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Neighbor

Posted on September 1, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Howdy, neighbor! See how I deftly included this week’s Five Minute Friday prompt in the introduction? I’m actually going to deviate from the usual five minutes and propose a new outreach ministry. Of course, that means some background … and … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Guide

Posted on August 25, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

The Five Minute Friday assignment is to write for five minutes on a prompt word, post it and share with fellow Five Minute friends at Kate’s place on Facebook at http://www.fiveminutefriday.com. Around 100 of us gather round to encourage and support … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Speak

Posted on August 18, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

It’s time for Five Minute Friday, the weekly timed keyword-themed writing challenge hosted by Kate Motaung. Her words — and those of the others who congregate around the virtual table to share — are on Facebook at http://www.fiveminutefriday.com. I encourage you … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Place

Posted on August 11, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Happy Friday! Time for my Five Minute Friday contribution. Check out the amazing five minutes takes at Kate’s place on Facebook at http://www.fiveminutefriday.com by our special community of writers. I’ve been sharing snippets taken from Five Minute Friday: A Collection of Stories … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Try

Posted on August 4, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Happy Five Minute Friday time. The assignment this week was, quite frankly, challenging. The FMF prompt was TRY, which should be easy peasy. But my mind kept wandering off in different directions {that’s why I call them free range thoughts} … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Inspire

Posted on July 29, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Welcome to the Saturday installment of Five Minute Friday. No excuses. I just couldn’t muster the inspiration to write for five minutes Friday. Oh, wait. INSPIRE. That’s this week’s prompt. How (in)appropriate. But I didn’t want the weekend to fly … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Collect

Posted on July 23, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Happy Sunday! Time for this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. Even though I’m typically a day late, I cherish this exercise. And I do have a good excuse … even better than the dog ate my homework! I was … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Comfort

Posted on July 14, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Time for my Five Minute Friday contribution. Check out the amazing five minutes takes at Kate’s place on Facebook at http://www.fiveminutefriday.com by our special community of writers. I’ve been sharing snippets taken from Five Minute Friday: A Collection of Stories Written … Continue reading →

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