Diversity (sharing stories of race, culture, and travel)

The world is a colorful place, and sharing our stories across cultures can be exciting, risky, and profound. The posts in this category are a celebration of the things I’ve learned from people who are different from me, and yet very similar.

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Seth Godin and
Brenda Salter McNeil inspire
courageous creativity

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith September 14, 2011 Diversity (sharing stories of race, culture, and travel)

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“If you want to write, write,” author and blogger Seth Godin told us at the 2011 Global Leadership Summit. I was attending as part of a group of leaders from Living Springs Community Church, though I was just as interested in applying the learnings to writing as to ministry. Seth Godin’s presentation followed an inspiring message [...]

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My five worst blogs

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith August 24, 2011 Diversity (sharing stories of race, culture, and travel)

I know, I know, I make blogging look so easy that some of you are wondering if you’ll ever be as successful at it as I am! This post is for you. If you examine these five worst blog posts of mine, and study the key learnings under each, you can avoid the mistakes I [...]

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