It’s 1 AM and this might be the bad pizza I had earlier talking, but I believe I have something to say. Or rather, I have something to say that I believe in. My father once said, “Get the bad news over with first. You be the one to say the tough stuff.” Well, here goes. There is a cruel wind blowing through our business. We all feel it, and if we don’t, perhaps we’ve forgotten how to feel. But here is the truth. We are less ourselves than we were when we started this organization.
[excerpt from This is War – Jerry Maguires Mission Statement]

For me it was 3 AM of New Years Eve. I seem to always have these type of sleepless nights every year around this time. Last night, I wrote a mission statement for the Creative Arts Ministry of Newsong, which I am the director of. It was supposed to be a quick post, but ended up becoming an intimate retelling of my story.

To read it on Newsong CAM’s site, Click here.

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