
This past week I had the great pleasure of traveling to both San Francisco and Calgary to speak at a middle school leadership conference and work with six schools (grades K – 9). Although it was an amazing opportunity for me to share my message with a large number of people (over 4,000 youth, teachers and parents in one week!) there was an interesting challenge that came up that was quite uncomfortable to work through.
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Artwork by Paul Bond
All signs point to the fact that I’m a helper.
A giver.
The right-hand.
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I’m taking a digital hiatus for a few weeks. No: publishing online, tweets, facebook, instagram, Pinterest. And everyone else at Team D will have a “juicing + sprucing” auto-responder on. We’re not going on vacation. We’re swabbing the decks and polishing our telescopes. And hanging new twinkly lights for you. Why is this newsworthy? It isn’t, it’s just a very big deal to me — the me who uses pixels and links to minister and monetize. Why am I telling you this? Well it’s not because I think anyone is pacing for my articles and Facebook messages. (Part of me is still amazed that in the din of internet noise and the lushness of life, anyone anywhere pauses to read my stuff.)
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