I'll admit it. I set New Year's Resolutions. I'm OK with doing it. I try to set three or four each year, but this year I feel as though I've gone a bit overboard:
- Wake up at 6:30 at least four mornings a week.
- Work out at least twice a week (in various forms: gym, snowboarding, indoor soccer).
- Use liturgy as a method of prayer.
- Read through the Bible.
- Journal more (this may or may not include blogging).
- Start writing a book.
Many of these are tied closely together. If I wake up at a consistent time each day I will be more likely to work out. If I'm up earlier each day I will have more time to write. I think that as I read through the Bible I will desire to pray more. Or maybe it's the other way around. Starting to write a book is the one resolution that scares me. It scares me because I don't know how to write a book. It scares me because my grammar is sub par. But most of all, it scares me because I'm not really sure what I'm going to write about. I have an idea, though. I'd like to write about the Church, but I don't know what about. I think that it might be a type of autobiography. I believe that GOD has called me into ministry. I am certain of this. I believe, though, that the call on my life isn't to a particular age-group or demographic or country or religion, even, but to show a redemptive image of the Church to people who need redemption. This, I believe, is the call on my life. And this is what I think I might end up writing about.
Encourage me, if you will. I'll need it.
5 comments:
i'm not sure what to post, but i certainly read this.
don't worry about subpar grammar. that's the job of the 15 different editors and proofreaders that will be reading it. mostly, as long as your ideas are good, and the piece solid, you should be in.
as for me - as soon as my laundry's done, i'm supposed to go running for about 30-45 minutes. we'll see. i don't want to be negative, or doubting, but i'm being honest.
let me know where you need encouragement, and encouragement will be given.
Writing a book is work. That may seem odd, but it's the simplest and hardest part to learn. Sometimes it's drudgery, sometimes it's enjoyable, but it is just writing/typing words for hours and hours.
If you believe in what you're writing and you apply your effort enough to it, you will finish your project. Just remember, regardless of grammar and what, you absolutely will not get it perfect on your first try. That's why we have first drafts.
You can do it.
To think about writing today is, so cool. There are so many approaches to the standard narratives. It just seems like there such an ease towards expression. One of my goals this year is to jetison all that entangles my faith. The thing I've jetisoned just recently is a tripartite view of my own being. Ive even been known to view my self as quad-partite being. Even penta-partite. You got the old man and the new man. Then you got body, soul, spirit, mind. With all these models no wonder I can never get anything done. When you meet Plato on the road, Kill him!
Steve, I admire your resolutions. I pray that God will give you the strength to keep them. They are honoring to God and I know He desires nothing more than for you to honor him with your life. I can't wait to see you in March!!!
Just wanted to drop a note of hello from a fellow Coloradan working with college students and young adults :) 3drevolution.wordpress.com
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