Archive for the 'A writer’s motivation' Category

Committing to Real Progress

“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.”  – Philippians 3:12 I like to think of myself as one who does not accept second best. But I do it all the time. Not from others but
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Remaining Pure of Heart

“Clothe yourself with Christ.” – Romans 13:14 You already know the world is full of enticements to pull you away from your higher purpose. Haha! My phone just buzzed with another message… Simple things. Complicated things. External and internal things. Relational, familial, emotional, psychological, physical, spiritual. Positional, theological, philosophical, existential, practical, organizational, tactical, political… The realms of knowledge and experience
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Helping Someone Else Love It Too

Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way. – Donald Miller I used to love Don Miller. I’ve had many writing heroes: Hemingway. Anne Frank. Alex Haley. But after Blue Like Jazz, I felt like Don really got me. He’d written what I was
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Tiny Distractions and Silent Vows

“Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead.”  – C.S. Lewis These emails have been going out every Monday for more than four years now. I think I’ve missed a Monday or two, but a recurring theme has been getting past the common barriers to live the higher purpose. Because Mondays come, of course.
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My #1 Tool for Productive Writers, Part 1

“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open up a vein.” – Walter Wellesley Smith For a long time, I believed the hype about being a more productive writer. I thought the usual advice about setting goals, getting on a schedule and visualizing was right on. But I think for some of us it’s not enough. There are deeper
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