Writing And Ministry

This post is in fact about writing for ministry. A minister's creative output is enormous  -- although it varies a lot. During a week on duty, my creative writing for ministry has seldom been less than about 4 000 words, and from time to time about 8 000 words. That is, per month, up to the size of a small paperback book. To achieve that, one needs to have some kind of method. Mine seems rather obvious:

• write down ideas when I have them and return to them
• space out the writing day by day, and
• try to have periods of complete switch-off in between

OBSERVATION: Ministry may not fit well, therefore, with creative writing, especially the same kind of creative writing. To do creative writing, one best needs to do it when one has a break from ministry.