Today’s moment is the first of many, loosely based on my new book, Sacred Margins: On the Spiritual Life of a Writer. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

The transcript of the video is below. If you cannot see the video, click through to our website or to YouTube, where you can view it.

The book itself will be released on May 19th of this year in paperback, ebook, and audio formats. You can find the book here: https://amzn.to/3P5jVj8.

Transcript:

Today’s episode is called “Why the Margins Are Sacred.”

Most people think the power of writing is in the words themselves.

But often, the real power is found somewhere else.

In the margins.

A blank page has no margins at all. The margins only appear once words are written.

And yet, writers live in those spaces.

The space between words.
The space between lines.
The space between what is said—and what is left unsaid.

Those margins are not empty.

They are invitations.

God has always worked in the margins.
In wilderness places.
In silence.
In waiting.

The writer is not called to perfect sentences, but to obedience.

Not to control outcomes, but to place words where the Spirit can work.

The world is loud. Chaotic. Relentless.

And yet Christ calmed the storm with a word.

Could it be that God has entrusted you with a word—
not to shout,
but to speak or write carefully—
so that someone else’s storm might grow still?

Writing, therefore, is not performance.

It is participation.

We place the marks.

God fills the margins.

And that is why they are sacred.

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Thank you for listening.

Until next time—write faithfully.