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June 21, 2014
5 Secrets of Flourishing Artists - A Free Webinar
Are you a flourishing artist? Or do you feel discouraged and overwhelmed like you’re floundering? As a writer for over twenty years, I’ve certainly gone through seasons where I feel like I’m floundering. There are days when it seems like I can’t get traction for where I want to go. And if it’s not my writing or film projects, it could be my spiritual life. Or key relationships with my family and friends. Can you relate?
Discovering what it means to flourish as an artist can be an elusive journ...
June 13, 2014
A New Free Ebook! 7 HARD Questions for Every Artist
Last year I wrote a blog post titled, “7 HARD Questions for Every Artist.” The post was designed to help all of us cultivate a more beautiful life. I don’t know about you, but the EASY questions never do much for me. Easy questions keep me in my comfort zones, never pushing or prodding me forward. Easy questions don’t lead to the thriving life I long for…
Since then, this 7 Questions post has become one of my most popular posts, so I decided to turn it into a short ebook as a tool to help art...
A New Free Gift for You! 7 HARD Questions for Every Artist
Last year I wrote a blog post titled, “7 HARD Questions for Every Artist.” The post was designed to help all of us cultivate a more beautiful life. I don’t know about you, but the EASY questions never do much for me. Easy questions keep me in my comfort zones, never pushing or prodding me forward. Easy questions don’t lead to the thriving life I long for…
Since then, this 7 Questions post has become one of my most popular posts, so I decided to turn it into a short ebook as a tool to help arti...
June 11, 2014
Who Has Helped You Cross Your Finish Line?
Think of all your mountain-top successes and face-grinding failures. Your valiant victories and deadening defeats. Your golden trophies and locker-room second-guessing. All those wonderful wins and heart-breaking losses.
Before you take too much credit and get swollen with pride or stand on your toes, pointing your finger, blaming everyone in sight, just remember this: For every swig from your victor’s cup, someone, somewhere helped you cross your finish line.
I am honored to count Scott Johnso...
May 11, 2014
April 27, 2014
The Artisan Soul [Book]
The Artisan Soul by Erwin McManus
I am heading to Idaho for the next few days with a good friend of mine. It’s our annual men’s retreat. Enjoying the beauty of God’s creation, which is always good for my soul.
Just two guys. The Spokane River at Post Falls. No rah-rah. Lots of time to eat. Read. Pray. Hike. Talk and laugh. I can’t wait to dig into Erwin M cManus’ new book, The Artisan Soul. I know it will be good for my soul. I hope you find it nourishes your soul as well.
From Amazon…
The mo...
A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas [Book]
A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger
One of my lifelong goals is to stay curious, ask more questions and to learn how to ask more beautiful questions.
Whether you are an artist, parent, pastor, creative team leader, or simply a good friend to someone else, learning how to ask good questions can lead to breakthrough ideas in your own life and the lives of those around you.
Learning to ask deeper, more beautiful questions can lead us dow...
April 24, 2014
Are You Backing Down from Trouble? [Video]
If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. If you’re facing trouble, relationship conflicts, struggles and pain that could deepen your character, let me ask you a simple question: Are you backing down from trouble? Are you afraid to show trouble who you really are? Have you, somehow, bought into the lie that creating a beautiful life would be easy? That you would never be opposed? That conflict would never involve hard work to reach for creative so...
Are You Backing Down from Trouble
If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here.
If you’re facing trouble, relationship conflicts, struggles and pain that could deepen your character, let me ask you a simple question: Are you backing down from trouble? Are you afraid to show trouble who you really are? Have you, somehow, bought into the lie that creating a beautiful life would be easy? That you would never be opposed? That conflict would never involve hard work to reach for creative solutions?
A f...
April 16, 2014
Ask More Beautiful Questions
One of my lifelong goals is to stay curious, ask more questions and to learn how to ask more beautiful questions.
Whether you are an artist, parent, pastor, creative team leader, or simply a good friend to someone else, learning how to ask more beautiful questions can lead to breakthrough ideas in your own life and the lives of those around you. What can asking a more beautiful question lead to?
Learning to ask deeper, more beautiful questions can lead us down the path toward cultivating a more...
