Favorite Words

“Sometimes I feel as though I were born in a circus, came out of my mother’s womb like a man from a cannon, pitched toward the ceiling of the tent, all the doctors and nurses clapping in delight from the grandstands, the band going great guns in trombones and drums. I unfold and find flight hundreds of feet above the center ring, the smell of popcorn in the air, the clowns gather below, amazed at my grace, and all the people chanting my name as my arms come out like wings and I move swan-like toward the apex, where I draw my arms in, collapse my torso to my legs, roll over in perfection, then slowly give in to gravity. My body falls back toward earth, the ground coming up quick, the center ring growing enormous beneath my falling weight. And this is precisely when it occurs to me that there is no net. And I wonder, What is the use of a circus? And Why should a man bother to be shot out of a cannon? And Why is the crowd’s applause so fleeting? And… Who is going to rescue me?”
—Donald Miller

Coming Up

My Purpose

Words are like bean dip. If you get it right – right ingredients, right preparation; right presentation – it can be delightful and nutritious. A really good bean dip can make the world a better place. But if you get it wrong it can quickly go beyond bland to truly nasty. Words are the same way. Well chosen, carefully shaped words have the power to delight and nourish; even to change the world. I want to whip up a great bean dip, crafting spoken and written words that hum and sizzle and ultimately make a difference. At their best such words convey the riot of love and renewal that revolves around Jesus, the Jew from Nazareth. I don’t think these messages necessarily need to be religious, however. Sometimes it’s better if they aren’t.

My purpose is to partner with healthy churches and faith-based groups to communicate with creative, carefully crafted words that evoke powerful and effective response.