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What do I have to check off to feel like a good Christian?
Some people are really freed when I talk about spiritual disciplines
It’s a “to be” list
It’s all about doing, requiring, obligations.
Let’s stop using the word disciplines
People look at the practices as the point but they’re not. God is the point.
Ian’s progression – If I do this God will like me more. Now I see the practices as communion. They help me one with God.
Those practices can become addictions for us. “I hate [...] Continue Reading →
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This episode was recorded while Ian was at the Taize Community in France. He talks about the origins and life of the community as well as how he’s feeling after his book Jesus, My Father, The CIA and Me made the Wall Street Journal’s bestseller list.
Learn about the Taize Community at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiz%C3%A9_Community
Ian was traveling with Mike King of YouthFront.com
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* Writers are constantly learning
* Aggregate content into files, images, sentences, phrases
* Paying attention is so important. We are oblivious to the world around us.
* We’ve become increasingly oblivious to life around us.
* A good writer has to be in touch with everything around them all the time.
* You must read
* What is the kiss of death for a writer?
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* Writers are ritualists
* Superstitious like baseball pitchers
* Ian has a magic chair and an ottoman
* Looks at what he did the day before and edits that work. Then goes on to the new pages
* Writes till around 11am and knows when to stop because it becomes too much work.
* Try to leave a little
* If I push through I do [...] Continue Reading →
