Tag: Routines
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What I learned doing NaNoWriMo
On Halloween I was like a kid waiting for Christmas. It wasn’t because I love Halloween, or because I was excited to play Christmas carols. It was because National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) started on November 1. During the month of November thousands of people around the world attempt to write a 50,000 word novel…
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Avoiding the Sprawl
A few times while I lived in Toronto I ventured outside the city. I was always struck by how much the GTA sprawled. There was nothing but buildings. The only way I could tell I was in a new city was the signs marking the boundaries. Where were the fields, or trees, or something between…
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Getting in a Routine
Regardless of which ministry you’re in (or if you’re in ministry at all), chances are that every day is different. One day I am in the schools for class visits, the next I’m behind my desk planning and catching up on emails. Some days, everything I planned to accomplish is derailed when someone in crisis walks through…
Lauren van Vliet, author 