Sometimes I think a nice long vacation to a completely different area, say Branson resorts or a biblical tour of Israel, would be a great way to charge up the ol’ creative batteries. But then, time away is often time away from writing as well. And writing is what writers do, if they’re to be called writers at all.

Writing research-based papers and ministry messages isn’t always thought of as an art form, but many of my efforts have been spend in exactly those areas of late. I have a series of lessons I’ll be writing for the next year and a half that is aimed at the ministry needs of messianic pre-teens. It doesn’t pay in a way that helps meet rent, but is invaluable writing experience.

And my recent in-print publication credit only netted me a free copy of the print magazine, but it is credits like this which could lead to book deals down the road. Like I always say… keep writing and eventually it’ll take you where you want to be.