The Writing Life
“We minister best out of healthy souls.” – Tony Merida
To write from a healthy soul is a question of aim. Am I aiming to be a better writer, entrepreneur, et cetera, or am I aiming to be a pleasing aroma to God? It’s an important question to ask for I will never be the person God designed me to be if my soul is chaotic, untethered from him, unhealthy.
The role of the artist? Creator in a worship relationship to God, citizen in a worship relationship to God. – Bret Lott, Letters and Life
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Come—all of you you have skills—come and make everything that God has commanded. — Exodus 35:10, The Message
People have described me as eclectic. I assume it’s true based on the variety of activities I pursue and my ability to become interested in almost any subject. If I can find an entry point into it, it becomes mine. I explore it, dig around for a while, get good and messy. I may end up not liking the subject or the activity—cough, cough, ceramics—but I’ve engaged it fully. I made a plan, i.e., a process. I studied the thing, did the thing, laid claim to it for a time. I can continue with it, or I can move onto a new activity or subject that doesn’t leave me in fits of frustration.