I’ve come to realize my strongest blog posts are when I’m open and honest about myself. When I open my front door and let people wander around the mess inside my head, people seem to respond well. It seems a bit counter-intuitive. I tell people I feel inadequate. They applaud me. I tell people I…
Last week I was working on a guest chapter for a friend’s book. He gave me the subject, I wrote the chapter. It was fun. But I just wasn’t feeling what I was writing. So I sent it to another friend whose writing skills I admire greatly – he’s about to get a book contract.…
Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop. I want each of you to take plenty of time to think it over, and make up your own mind what you will give. That will protect you against sob stories and arm-twisting. God loves it when the giver delights…
As I write this I’m scared. I’m scared of three different projects I have going on. I don’t know if I’ll be able to pull them off under certain deadlines and successfully. I love this feeling! Now, I don’t really enjoy this feeling. My tummy’s in knots and my pulse is pounding. My insecurities are…
Maybe this title is a bit misleading. I do read. But I don’t read the types of books you’d think I would. I’m reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Uglies, The Forbidden Game…basically a bunch of young adult fiction. Nope, I don’t ready Michael Hyatt’s Platform or any of the Seth Godin books. If…
I absolutely hate failure. It’s one of my least favorite things about life. But failure is absolutely necessary for growth. It’s only in pain and discomfort that we learn and develop into better artists and better people. So while I don’t intentionally fail, I do make room for myself to fail. I’m constantly trying new…
I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 Paul didn’t necessarily find immediate joy in his self-training. He wasn’t a masochist. But some translations say this verse a bit more harshly. They conjure…
I’ve discovered something about haters. They’re idealists. They’re idealists that can’t live up to their own ideals. Haters observe a situation and think they know how to do it better. It could be improved this way or that. It just isn’t right. Unfortunately, a hater will never step up and make it better. They don’t…
I’m working on a very exciting new project. I’m not quite ready to release the details yet. But it’ll help bloggers phenomenally and it’s something I wished had been available throughout my blogging career. So needless to say I’m constantly excited about this project. Except the times I’m not. When I first brainstormed this idea…
I was about to burn a bridge the other day. Fortunately my wife reminded me that I don’t do that. But I was pretty annoyed with something someone did. A guy emailed me to write for Sunday| Magazine. I normally don’t find writers from them approaching me, but I figured it was worth a try.…