Writing Without Being a Writer

December 7, 2009

I remember writing newsletters when I was in YWAM and it was like pulling teeth. From a rabid cat. On catnip.
In a word, painful.
Writing a newsletter is real work. You know you’re supposed to write them. The books tell you to do it every month. So you sit down to write and end up spending [...]

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Getting There From Here Part 3: Margins are for People

November 30, 2009

I don’t know about you, but all this talk about building margins seems like a lot of work. How can we possibly fit all this stuff into life?
The point is not to.
Which is wildly counter-intuitive.

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Getting There From Here Part 2: Stop Everything

November 23, 2009

I’ve been struggling with how to write about margins without becoming another echo-chamber in the world of productivity websites. That is the last thing I want to do, and probably the last thing you want to be reading. I too suffered (and benefited) through the recent “Getting Things Done,” super-duper list-making, commitment-breaking phase of our [...]

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Getting There From Here Part 1: Introduction

November 16, 2009

We’re at the beginning of Awakening Followers. I’m hoping that I can help awaken you to the possiblity of fundraising without making funds the focus.
It seems a bit naive to believe that this could actually be true. Viable. Achievable. But it is. Contrary to popular opinion, life is supposed to be fun. Hard. But fun.
I [...]

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Story Assignment 1

November 13, 2009

This week we’ve talked about the imperative things in life, how to make sure they get space, finding your purpose and finding followers who care about your work. Whew! Big week. I’d like to cap it off with a bit of practical application.
The point of what we’ve been talking about is creating space to [...]

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Who Cares?

November 12, 2009

Who care’s what I’m doing? Who care what the needs of these people are? Who cares what my needs are? Sure, we know that God cares. But I’ve never met someone in ministry that hasn’t had these questions run through their head.
As humans, we tend towards self-sufficiency, even us Christians. It is because of our [...]

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The Importance of Purpose

November 11, 2009

Ever had that sinking feeling that the vision statement that you worked so hard on just doesn’t seem to make sense? Ever struggled with telling the difference between vision and mission? Every wrestled with explaining what you do without seeming too… corporate? Yeah, me too.

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Big Rocks

November 10, 2009

I ended my last article, Imparatives, talking about the four imperatives of my week. I’d like to talk a bit more about the importance of imperatives, why they have to be first, and how to make them first.

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Imperatives

November 9, 2009

So you feel like you’re out there all alone, like you’re off leading the charge with no support, like you’re being crushed by the weight of what you are attempting to do. You’ve been red-lining for the last two months, with barely time to eat, much less time to talk to people about what you [...]

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