The Preaching of John the Baptist (Mark 1:1-8) Let the following questions to guide you through a process of Lectio Divina: LECTIO (Reading): What does this passage say that everyone should understand? What was John the Baptist’s goal? What was it about John the Baptist that must have made him so popular throughout Judea and…
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Stephen King’s “No Adverbs Rule”
“I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops. To put it another way, they’re like dandelions. If you have one on your lawn, it looks pretty and unique. If you fail to root it out, however, you find five the next day… fifty the day…
Write for an Emotional Connection
“A woman whose son was incarcerated read my own favorite short story of all I’ve written (‘Unconditional’) about a parent whose child is in prison for an unimaginable crime. She told me it had brought her comfort and asked to share it with a support group for parents of children in prison. They read it…
The Job of a CEO
“The job of a CEO is often to come up with a story that enough people believe that you can make something happen in the world.” Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack Source: Masters of Scale Podcast Often we see the success or failure of a startup or company and we think it is due to…
Write Three Drafts for Three Different Readers
I’ve heard bestselling author Neil Strauss say on a couple of occasions (links at the bottom) that he writes his books in three drafts. As I finish writing another book, I find this advice to be extremely helpful and challenging. Most of us just do the first draft and maybe the second. I think we…
