Days Out and Marching Along

Saturday I started some seasonal work. Just like when I was in seminary, I took a part time job working for Jackson Hewitt doing tax preparation. It had some mixed feelings. On the one hand it felt good to put on a tie and go into an office again. As much as I enjoy my various interests, I find sitting at home pretty agitating - especially when I'm not financially contributing to my family. At the same time there's this nagging feeling that it's not what I'm supposed to be doing. I am a minister of Word and Sacrament and haven't found a place to exercise that ministry yet.

The storytelling ministry continues to march along. I'm at the point where I'm waiting for a few moving pieces to come together. After trying out a few different options for an email list and distributing my free resource, I settled on Mail Chimp. It's pretty easy, user friendly, and even has a free version. Even as I scale it's not going to cost me hundreds of dollars every month. It even has landing pages where I can trade email addresses in exchange for my Guide To Christian Storytelling.

The only thing holding me back at this point is a feature meant to deter spammers. Every Mail Chimp account requires a mailing address at the bottom of the emails. I guess their reasoning is that if you're a fly by night scammer you won't want your personal details doxxed by every email. I'm trying to run a legit ministry but I still don't want my home address broadcast with everything I send out. All it takes is one ... So I set up a Post Office Box and just need to activate it. Of course to do so I need a picture ID. Since I switched my driver's license to NJ last week, I'm still waiting for my new ID to come in the mail. (Sigh) It's going to get there.

So I have a few things going on, and I'm excited for both. I can't wait to get the email list really up and running so I can move on to my next phase. One the Free Guide is released I'll be setting up a Storytelling Challenge on Facebook. Let's see how many people I can get to participate. It will definitely be something new.

Well it's been a long day so time to sign off. Make sure you tell your stories and follow my Facebook Page so you know when the new stuff is released.

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