It’s 2020! A Life Update

Friends, I’ve missed you! I know it’s been quiet on here, so I wanted to give you a quick update. In the last quarter of 2019, my prayer was, “God, increase my capacity.” Things were a little nuts, but I can see now that God responded to my request! Here’s what I’ve been up to:

1. SCHOOL: I survived my first semester of grad school. I cannot even begin to express how much I’ve been stretched in the last four months. I’ve shed tears and pulled semi-all-nighters. (I’m just too old for zero sleep…)  I’ve wondered in the wee hours of the morning what the value of MLA format really is… And on days where it was too much, I cried out to God – “You called me to do this, so equip me!” And He has. Over and over again.
2. MINISTRY: My family’s ministry involvement went through some dramatic changes this year. We’ve been serving at a sister church location since the summer time. More stretching!
3. WRITING: In August/September of this past year, the Holy Spirit told me to start freelancing again. He instructed me to write one piece a month for an outside magazine or website, starting with a specific article I was to pitch to a specific magazine. I thought maybe I wasn’t hearing right, but then the initial article got published! The Holy Spirit doesn’t make mistakes, friends. By the grace of God, I’ve been able to publish one article a month from September through December. I pitched the first one, but the other three were commissioned. Here they are, in case you want to check them out:

• • September: 14 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Engaging in Tough Conversations – RelevantMagazine.com
  • October: A Better Way to Share Political Opinions? – Alabama Baptist Chronicle (This one is a bit of a freebie – it’s the Relevant article re-published with a new title. I did add a 15^th question though. Just a warning that you’d have to be really interested to read it, as a subscription to the ABC is necessary to view!)
  • November: Kanye’s Album: What does Jersey City Think? – EverythingJerseyCity.com
  • December: JC Church Celebrates 12 Days of Kindness -EverythingJerseyCity.com

You’ll notice a new Freelance page on my blog  – that’s where I plan to archive anything I publish in the future. It’s also a landing page with info about me for any publication that might want to hire me to write or copy edit for them.

I’m excited for more writing opportunities in this new year!  What are you excited for in 2020?

Foto por Corinne Kutz en Unsplash