{"id":12187,"date":"2009-03-02T13:34:25","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2009\/03\/02\/blogspotting-mark-battersons-rules-for-writing\/"},"modified":"2009-03-02T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:47:12","slug":"blogspotting-mark-battersons-rules-for-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/blogspotting-mark-battersons-rules-for-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"BlogSpotting: Mark Batterson’s Rules for Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For you wordsmiths out there, Mark Batterson lists his five rules for writing<\/a>. If you prepare sermons, most of these apply. Here’s a summary:<\/p>

1.<\/strong> Start bright and early, well before your “official day” begins; for afternoons, grab a cat-nap.<\/p>

2.<\/strong> Remember you’re on “holy ground” when writing. Your words could lead a reader to a “God encounter.”<\/p>

3.<\/strong> Take days off between chapters to maintain perspective.<\/p>

4.<\/strong> Hook your readers at the start of each chapter with a strong organizing metaphor.<\/p>

5.<\/strong> Write for intrinsic reasons, “because you can’t not write.”<\/p>

Good suggestions. Rule #2 struck me, especially since Batterson says he does this by taking off his shoes. I like the idea of using a physical discipline to focus a cerebral process like writing. It reminds me of C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters<\/em>, where the devil Screwtape comments on kneeling: <\/p>

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At the very least, [people] can be persuaded that the bodily position makes no difference to their prayers; for they constantly forget what you must always remember, that they are animals and that whatever their bodies do affects their souls.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>

I also appreciate that, for Batterson, the holiness of writing means that he bathes the process in prayer. Can’t argue with doing that.<\/p>

However, I do wonder about the “holy ground” imagery. That sounds to me as if the writer or preacher has special access to God, a private viewing of the burning bush, which would be unbiblical and, well, a little arrogant. I don’t think that’s what Batterson means to say. His point is that God can use your words for His purposes, so be a good steward of them. Again, can’t argue. But the metaphor strikes me as misleading.<\/p>

So if you’re a pastor, then what’s a better physical reminder to use in your preparation?<\/p>

Do a hand-stand.<\/em><\/p>

Why:<\/strong> The Fall turned everything upside-down.<\/p>

Why not:<\/strong> Your sermons won’t crack five minutes, for better or (hopefully) for worse.<\/p>

Hang a punching bag in your study.<\/em><\/p>

Why:<\/strong> “I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified” (1 Cor. 9:26b-27).<\/p>

Why not:<\/strong> Those rumors about your anger issues are about to take off.<\/p>

Wear an eye patch.<\/em><\/p>

Why:<\/strong> “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye” (Matt. 7:5).<\/p>

Why not:<\/strong> Your kids’ Pirates of the Caribbean lovefest finally died out last year. Don’t remind them.<\/p>

Okay, I don’t have any better suggestions, so help me out. What do pastors need to remember when working on their sermons?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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