Posted: May 12th, 2009 | Author: Rich Wagner | Filed under: General | 1 Comment »
Wow, looking at my last post, I realized that it has been several months since I last communicated on richwagnerwords. I have not abandoned this blog! I have actually been on a self-imposed hiatus from blogging for awhile because of all of the things going on in my life. A new job. Same homeschooling responsibilities with my three high school boys. Ministry opportunities. Something had to give over the fall and winter, and so I decided to take a break from writing much of anything.
However, hardly anything gives me more joy than writing, so I am eager to begin communicating once again both with blogs and books.
There’s much to share. God’s been teaching me a lot of things over the past few months, so I look forward to sharing those thoughts with you as we go forward.
Oh yeah, like so many others, I have caught the Twitter bug. You can find me posting regularly. If you’d like to follow me, go to @richwagner.
Posted: October 26th, 2008 | Author: Rich Wagner | Filed under: General, News | Tags: News | 3 Comments »
I think I’ll go home now. — Forrest Gump
We are not called to success but to faithfulness. — Oswald Chambers
Writing Christian books is sort of unorthodox type of calling. It’s a ministry; and much like being a pastor or missionary, it is an opportunity to communicate God’s truth to people, challenging and encouraging them in their walk with Christ (or helping them to begin that walk in the first place). However, unlike a pastor or missionary, financial support for this vocation is not tied to a church, missions organization, or supporters, but is based purely on the marketplace.
I took this step of faith into the uncertain world of Christian authoring just over 5 years ago. And I share in my book The Expeditionary Man all of the professional and family-related factors that led me to taking this “crazy” step of faith.
When times were tight financially a couple years ago, my utmost prayer was simply asking that we could buy enough time to continue writing until The Expeditionary Man was released. From its initial vision, that was always THE BOOK to me—the one with an original vision/message that I believed did have a chance of impact the world. So, we persevered and continued to invest our resources into this opportunity—working towards the goal of getting that particular book out there. In many ways, all of the uncertainty made it the hardest 5 years of our marriage—but Read the rest of this entry »
