http://www.goodwordediting.com Good words is about editing, writing, faith, and work... and especially poetry because I like poetry. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tis the season for making budget decisions. It's an exciting, but also stressful time. In some ways, budget season just adds to the work load. We still have to meet all of our normal deadlines even as we take on the task of reviewing strategy and proposing new ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~4/v5dGbLWRpgQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~3/v5dGbLWRpgQ/ http://www.goodwordediting.com/sometimes-talk-needs-to-get-expensive/1121/ Here's another note-taking poem, this  based on a sermon from All Saint's Day. Sometimes I Cannot Always Be There If only I had the knowledge or experience or energy, I would see the glory of my son in white robes and black stole open his mouth in a wide O, the sound of his voice blending with other ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~4/h7B9J0BJnM4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~3/h7B9J0BJnM4/ http://www.goodwordediting.com/a-poem-for-all-saints-day-sometimes-i-cannot-always-be-there/1118/ I've been out at Laity Lodge for the past few days interacting with some absolutely incredible folks, talking about renewal through theology, psychology, and business. One of the people here, Jozef Luptak plays cello like I've never heard. The first evening he played a piece from Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~4/WVRJhClfRO0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~3/WVRJhClfRO0/ http://www.goodwordediting.com/poem-the-price-of-renewal/1116/ It's a big week coming up for me. I'm on a tight deadline for an agent who is interested in my work. And I'm going to a pretty intense Laity Leadership Institute retreat Thursday - Sunday. Plus lots and lots of strategy planning for our budget cycle involving exciting possibilities for ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~4/0xzc1WuIg9k" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~3/0xzc1WuIg9k/ http://www.goodwordediting.com/new-poem-about-communion/1111/ In a world of mega brands, it’s hard to be content with small. Why write a book when I know I’ll get maybe 20,000 readers? Why take the risk of starting a new business if I’m only going to serve a tiny community—as compared to Costco or Starbucks or Pixar ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~4/vjDGpmVFpYI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~3/vjDGpmVFpYI/ http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-secret-of-contentment-no-matter-the-size-of-your-audience/1106/ At TheHighCalling.org, my interview with Michael Card just went live. It's about his new book, A Better Freedom. It is a short, wonderful little book that thinks about slavery in the bible, in history, and in the world today. At Laity Lodge last year, Michael and I talked about different kinds of ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~4/Ym03RxswLJk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~3/Ym03RxswLJk/ http://www.goodwordediting.com/my-interview-with-michael-card-about-freedom-and-slavery/1100/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Oblivious by Rebecca Brame"][/caption] My good friend, L. L. Barkat is talking about Mary at her site today as part of a book giveaway for Scot McKnight's The Real Mary. I've never understood the protestant hesitancy with Mary. Heck, I pray Scripture all the time. In fact, it ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~4/SCPSZG644M0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~3/SCPSZG644M0/ http://www.goodwordediting.com/hail-mary-full-of-grace-and-controversy-3-poems/1086/ A fascinating article over at InsideWork got my attention in the inbox today.  Geoff Finch titled it "A High Calling: Are Some Jobs Holier Than Others?" Since I'm Senior Editor for TheHighCalling.org and HighCallingBlogs.com, that got my attention. Geoff tells the story of his friend "Stephen" who faced a career choice. ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~4/JB0OePB1tnI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~3/JB0OePB1tnI/ http://www.goodwordediting.com/should-your-to-do-list-wear-a-halo/1082/ [Note to my wife: Don't read this post.] Last weekend, TheHighCalling.org cosponsored the Christian Web Conference with the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola. It was a great conference. They even let me speak. What a bunch. Some people "live blog" these things. Or tweet them. Or report back quickly from the frontlines ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~4/4ze3RJH-aQU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~3/4ze3RJH-aQU/ http://www.goodwordediting.com/church-online-in-spirit-church-down-the-street-in-flesh/1073/ This morning, I wrote the random act of poetry post at highcallingblogs.com--featuring a poem about Superman from John Poch's new book, Dolls (also available from Orchises press directly). Go read that post if you get a chance. It is all about beauty and poetry and sports and teaching and how we sometimes ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~4/ejKZM5fmlWo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/goodwordeditingfeed/~3/ejKZM5fmlWo/ http://www.goodwordediting.com/60-seconds-about-a-dead-gerbil/1066/