Years ago, when adulthood was first budding and aspirations were as tall as mountains I dreamed of writing books. In my early years of college I was swept away by a world of inspirational writing that claimed I could be different; even better than who I was. Those marketers of the imagination and heart persuaded […]
I was just watching a highlight video of my friend Barry speaking in South Africa. The first thing that stood out was how animated and passionate he was as he told very familiar gospel stories. Then I started to think about the stories. They are over 2,000 years old. Not the most cutting edge illustrations […]
When you have a setup back or disappointment, you can respond to it in one of three ways. First option is to become depressed. I know no one wants this option, and we could all say from outside the situation that we aren’t going to do this. But in reality, the more highly we think […]
Some people soak, ingest and wallow in the output of others. They can sing or rap a dozen lyrics of the most popular songs. They can quote lines from the academy award winning films. They have twitter alerts setup to better recruit or trade their fantasy football teams… Some people ideate, imagine and journal a […]
Are we trying to get it right or get it lived? Eugene Peterson
The ultimate test of your goals, convictions and priorities is going on vacation. At the very least, vacation is a break from norms for the sake of relaxation and time away. But the break from routines often has implications of abandonment from all sorts of other developments. Breaks are needed to avoid burnout, but there’s […]
My Commit App ping’d me daily asking if I was going to write, but unfortunately I ignored it. Preparing for a two-day cross country drive followed by a two week vacation had drained me. Like yesterday’s washcloth hanging on the side of the tub, my creativity’s been dormant and dry. My scenario only lasted a […]
He said his dream was the ability to move the heart of God, but his assignment was the work/ministry/public platform people knew him for. And thus no matter how famous he was or how unknown, that didn’t affect his dream, his value or how he defined success. The beauty of this perspective is the freedom […]
It’s a new day. And if I want to get better in the areas I value, i.e. writing, prayer, family time, etc., I need to do it daily. Yes, yesterday could have been glorious. I may have hit the ball out the park, but today still needs it’s due. For example, you can’t workout twice […]
I like to take every advantage possible to meet my goals. One such is riding the winds of momentum. Momentum helps to mobilize your entire platform or context so if you slow down or are tempted to stay still, you can continue coasting from past efforts. In order to get momentum though, you would have […]