What are you working on?
I have one article almost ready, a novel idea with two characters fleshed out but not sure where I want them to go, another bare-bones idea for a novel, and a couple of ideas for devotional-type books. I’m not sure when or if the “ideas” will get beyond that point, but I take them out and fiddle with them now and then.
How about you?
I’m not a writer - yet I’m writing. I’m taking my D.Min terminal project which dealt with decision-making in the church and I’m expanding it to answer 3 questions. What is DM in the church (kind of a Biblical theology of DM); Who are the DMakers in the church (As we look especially at the NT what kind of decisions do we see the pastor-teacher make, the elders as a team making, the deacons make, the congregation, and the individual church member). The final two chapters deal with the question of “How.” How should DM happen in the local church. The first round of writing is complete. Now I’m in the process of sending this project to some friends who will consider publishing and/or editing. This is not primarily about polity. Polity answers the question, if we can’t make a decision, where is the final court of appeal - the congregation, the deacons, the elders, the senior pastor, a synod……….. My hypothesis is that no matter what your form of polity is, by following the Biblical principles and practices of DM a congregation can have a health model in DM. There you go.
Straight Ahead!
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Dr. Joel Tetreau serves as Senior Pastor, Southeast Valley Bible Church (sevbc.org); Regional Coordinator for IBL West (iblministry.com), Board Member & friend for several different ministries;
I used to hate to write and found it difficult (got ‘D’s typically in grade school). Now, when I find something in my studies, I like to write about it. The writing doesn’t (usually) come easy, but the ‘hate’ is gone.
I’ve been writing and blogging for a while and I’m planning to publish in a small way some of what I’ve already written (perhaps after tweeking it a bit). I found a book-on-demand site appears to make it real easy to publish… www.thebookpatch.com. They don’t do any promoting for you, just the printing.
What I’m planning to publish is at fadingman.dtjsoft.com. It’s a kind of ‘travelogue’ through the gospels, seeing Jesus as those around Him might have seen Him during His ministry years. Don’t know if it’s ‘professional writer’ quality, but that’s ok too. I don’t plan on becoming a professional writer.
Andrew Bernhardt
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