(This was first published April 10, 2009) Matthew could have made it complicated. Matthew could have made it clear. Matthew is telling the story of his own decision to follow Jesus. He could have provided lots of background about what his life had been like, what his business practices were. He could have provided us […]

After some comments on yesterday’s post, I realized that I need to tell you about what I call divine procrastination. I am, I will freely admit, a procrastinator. I could describe in great detail how I procrastinate, what I believe are some of the reasons for putting things off. However, that would be procrastination. I […]

Every so often, I tell Nancy that I’m going to work ahead on my writing for 300wordsaday.com.  I think, “I’ve got to work ahead, lay out a schedule.” It almost never happens. From time to time I can write two or three of these at a time. Usually? The night before I hit publish. I’ve […]

My friend Chris published a list of suggested topics that bloggers could use as triggers for writing. It was a helpful list. You have already benefited from it. One of his ideas was, Should Something Ever Go Wrong – Imagine giving your customers or readers or friends a post where you explain ahead of time […]