How do you interpret the rejection of your creative efforts? 

When I think of those no longer here, I’ve always been curious why I tend to remember the day of their birth—not the day they passed on. Now I know. 

July kicks off the second half of the year. Which makes this a particularly good time to reflect on the effect the first half of 2023 has had on your heart and walk with God.  

When we play it by ear, we’re winging it. We don’t go in with a plan but make it up as we go. It’s reactive.  

We live in a world where we’re expected to constantly change our minds about everything. Scripture refers to this as being double-minded (James 1:8). It is the fruit of being anchored to nothing. 

One of the best Superman comics of all time was written as if it were the “last” Superman story of all time.

We love our independence. It’s not something we have to be taught. We’re born with an aversion to any and all constraints.

This is my 400th consecutive daily reading. To celebrate this milestone, I invite you to help shape—and fuel—the next 400.

We’ll never arrive at what’s next if we refuse to venture from what is.  

There’s a lost art to ending things at the right time. It’s human nature to stay with something too long—especially if what we’re doing is popular or continues to work. 

If you had an hour to solve a problem that your life depended on, how would you spend that time?  

I regularly speak to large and small gatherings about God, story, and creativity. In the last year, I’ve noticed how overwhelmed, worn out, or disheartened the majority of these creative believers are. 

Did you know your creativity can vary by day of the week?

It’s easy to be hard on ourselves when we miss the mark. But often that’s because we mistake a setback for the derailment of the entire project or goal.

In The Eden Option, I share how our blind spots affect how we see life, God, ourselves, others, and our story.   

Few have mastered their area of gifting as well as Michael Jordan. So when he shares the secret to his success, it’s worth paying attention. 

Traditions reveal what a society or culture values. But to matter, it has to be more than simply remembering or honoring the past through a momentary toast or reading or gathering.  

At its core, life with God is about relationship and love, not rules and fear. God is our Creator and Father…and we’re his sons and daughters.  

Faith is held up as a really good thing. But I would say, it depends. 

I attended three graduation ceremonies last month. All of them rightly focused on celebrating the accomplishments of the students…but then veered wildly off track with the hollow speeches from each school president and valedictorian.