What Are You Called To Write? Writing Workshop What Are You Called To Write?

What Are You Called To Write? Sabbath Practical skills Feed your passion Hear God calling you Make progress on your projects

“Just as God’s love allows us to live beyond our own human capacity, writing in the light of God brings the gifts of deeper insight, the words we seek, and the courage we need to stay the course and live the truth.” Pen and Paper

Write the Vision Habukkuk 2:1-3, 3:1 (Habukkuk’s Prayer) What is your personal vision for writing? What is your vision for resources in the United Methodist Church in Africa?

Exercise: FREE WRITE Write for 20 minutes without stopping. Write whatever comes to your mind. Do not worry about the content, style, etc. Just write.

Writing as Spiritual Discipline Morning Pages “For a long time, seminaries have done a good job of producing scholar-pastors. Reason and knowledge have been prized over intuition and imagination. I think we may have begun seeing another kind of pastor in post modernity – the artist-pastor.” Chasing Francis

What Are You Called To Write? Remember in All Writing Writing is Hard Work—We sow in tears and reap in joy. God has called you to do this. What you are writing is critical. Be committed. Create Time. FINISH.