Joel Young Blog.com

No matter what I’m doing I always seem to struggle with my process, eventually. How I do things is just as important as the things I do, and therefore my process is very important. As a preacher it’s very hard to keep the weekly responsibility of sermon writing fresh. There are always distractions that can pull your focus away, and inevitably there are going to be those sermons that just don’t fire you up as easily as others. But, by the end of the week they need to be setting your life and perspective on fire or they won’t be affective.

So, the week after vacation I find myself staring writer’s block and distractions square in the face once again. What’s a guys to do? How ’bout changing the process?

Normally, I sit in a local wifi hotspot on my MacBook and type out my outlines as I research and brainstorm for ideas. To change things dramatically I went out and purchased a two dollar notebook and took my creativity on the road. Armed only with my Bible, a good pen, and my new notebook I visited several different locations over the past few days. Each location brought a new perspective and some fresh ideas. It really helped me to disconnect from my crutch, the computer, and reconnect God’s word on a more simplistic level so that each sermon will truly be an outpouring of what He is doing in and through my life.

What’s your process for creating? Does you need to change it up a bit? If you want to keep things fresh then you need to be able to change your process every now and again.

REMEMBER: Your process can change, but your purpose can’t.