Moleskine notebooks have been the favorite planning tool of many creatives and pastors over the years. Some love them because of the durability. Some love the paper texture. Some use them just because of the hype.

But a Moleskine isn’t the only option for your prayer journals, sermon plans, and brainstorming sessions. In fact, here are 15 Moleskine alternatives to consider. Unfortunately, Moleskine did not submit review samples for comparison.

POCKET NOTEBOOK

Field Notes Memo Book

Dimensions: 3.5″ x 5.5″
Page Count: 48
Cover: 80#c (270g) French Dur-O-Tone  :: Packing Brown Wrap :: Saddle Stitch Binding
Paper: 50#t Boise Offset Smooth :: White

Styled after agricultural memo books and ornate pocket ledgers, Field Notes come in a 3-pack of lightweight memo books. It is a simple design but an endearing one with a clever layout on the inside covers to keep record of ownership and contents as well as the practical convenience of a 5-inch ruler. Although sturdy in construction, they are probably best kept out of back pockets for the sake of longevity. Available paper formats include plain, ruled, and graph paper.

Current Price: $9.95 for 3-Pack at FieldNotesBrand.com

Ecosystem Flexi Cover Artist Journal (small)

Dimensions: 3.5″ x 5.5″
Page Count: 192
Cover: Flexi Cover :: Onyx :: plus Elastic Closure, Bookmark, & Inner Pocket
Paper: White :: Blank

Ecosystem’s journals are created from 100% post-consumer recycled material. The cover is soft and flexible with enough texture to grip one’s fingers. Unfortunately, it and the glued binding do not look like they could handle a beating too well. The paper is good - just thick enough for quality writing while keeping the journal compact. Available paper formats include blank, ruled, graph, and calendar.

Current Price: $9.95 at Amazon.com (color change: grape)
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Piccadilly Essential Notebook (small)

Dimensions: 3.5″ x 5.5″
Page Count: 192
Cover: Hard Cover :: Black :: Smyth Sewn Binding :: plus Elastic Closure, Bookmark, & Inner Pocket
Paper: 80 GSM :: Off-White :: Blank

This Piccadilly notebook has the opposite strengths and weaknesses of the above Ecosystem journal. Picadilly features smith sewn binding, so you never have to worry about pages falling out. And the hard cover ensures this notebook will hold up even with rough use.  The paper seems too thin and maybe even cheap in comparison to other pocket notebooks.

Current Price: $6.95 at PiccadillyOnline.com

Rhodia A6 Webnotebook

Dimensions: 3.5″ x 5.5″
Page Count: 192
Cover: Hard Italian Leatherette :: Black :: Smyth Sewn Binding :: plus Elastic Closure, Bookmark, & Inner Pocket
Paper: 90 GSM Clairefontaine Brushed Vellum :: Ivory :: Ruled

I am quite fond of this Rhodia pocket notebook. The hard cover wrapped in leather is pleasant and feels expensive  to touch. The downside is its soft leather wrapping appears to attract dents and markings easily. The paper has decent thickness and is smooth. The binding is Smyth sewn.

Current Price: $12.00 at Amazon.com
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MEDIUM NOTEBOOK

Ciak Notebook (12 x 17 cm)

Dimensions: 5″ x 6.5″
Page Count: 256
Cover: Man-Made Leather :: Smyth Sewn Binding :: Tan :: plus Elastic Closure & Bookmark
Paper: 100 GSM Recycled :: Ivory :: Blank

Ciak journals are handmade in Italy. The leather is soft, and the pages are thick. Add in some Smyth sewn binding, and what is not to love? (Unless you are the type that needs a back cover pocket.)

Current Price: $21.99 at JournalingArts.com (color change: black)
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Ciak Multicolor Notebook (12 x 17 cm)

Dimensions: 5″ x 6.5″
Page Count: 288
Cover: Man-Made Leather :: Red :: Smyth Sewn Binding :: plus Elastic Closure & Bookmark
Paper: 90 GMS :: Multicolor :: Ruled

Like the above mentioned Ciak journal, this multicolor notebook offers a soft leather cover and durable Smyth sewn binding. Where it differs is it has more pages that are slightly less thick and that come in a rainbow of signatures.

Current Price: $21.99 at JournalingArts.com (color change: black)
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Piccadilly Primo Journal (medium)

Dimensions: 5″ x 7″
Page Count: 288
Cover: Soft Cover with Dot Pattern :: Black :: Smyth Sewn Binding :: plus Elastic Closure & Bookmark
Paper: 80 GSM :: Cream :: Ruled

Once again, Piccadilly delivers a terrific cover and great binding, but at just 80 GSM, the pages are too thin for my taste. The cover’s dotted pattern adds a nice textured grip to the touch.

Current Price: $12.95 at PiccadillyOnline.com

R.L. Allan Journal

Dimensions: 7.75″ x 5.06″
Page Count: 256
Cover: Pigskin Leather :: Caramel Tan :: Smyth Sewn Binding :: Semi Yapp Edges :: plus Bookmark
Paper: Lightweight India Writing Paper :: White with Red under Gold Edges :: Ruled

R.L. Allan is Scotland’s prestigious Bible publisher and the only publisher to be granted the Queen’s Royal License to publish the Authorized KJV in Scotland. With a century and a half of experience, R.L. Allan has refined their reputation into one of the world’s finest craftsmanship. You get that quality in this journal. The cover is a thick pigskin leather with semi yapp edges to protect the page edges. The pages are a very thin India paper held in a Smyth sewn binding. The page edges have a red bleed with shining gold tips, and the ruling is a very tight 1/8 inch. For 256 pages, it is very thin at 1/2 inch. It is quite beautiful. The only downsides are you must be careful the ink you choose if you want to prevent bleeding and you either must write small or use two lines to accommodate the tight ruling.

Current Price: $42.00 at EvangelicalBible.com

Ecosystem Hard Cover Artist Journal (medium)

Dimensions: 5.25″ x 8.25″
Page Count: 240
Cover: Hard Cover :: Onyx :: plus Elastic Closure, Bookmark, & Inner Pocket
Paper: White :: Ruled

This Ecosystem journal lacks the Smyth sewn quality binding that many other notebooks offer, but a few special qualities overcome that flaw to make it one of my favorites. The cover is very stiff and firm but has a very appealing softness to it despite not being leather. And the paper is very thick and smooth. Perhaps I like it so well because its strong cover and thick pages make me believe it can endure a lot of abuse and travel. I only hope the simple binding can last the journey with it.

Current Price: $16.95 at Barnes & Noble
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Clairefontaine Basics Notebook

Dimensions: 5.75″ x 8.25″
Page Count: 96
Cover: Cardstock
Paper: 90 GSM Clairefontaine Paper :: White Smooth Satin Finish :: Ruled

Clairefontaine claims to be the best paper in the world for writing. All I know is these notebook pages are thick, incredibly smooth, and beautiful. Although they have a certain college-student-backpacking-through-Europe look, I’m not so sure the cover and binding would hold up through a rough semester at seminary. It may not offer what most would want for long-term archival journals, but the quality is certainly an upgraded treat from traditional spiral bound notebooks.

Current Price: $9.00 for a 2-pack at Amazon.com
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Ciak Sketchbook (15 x 21 cm)

Dimensions: 6″ x 8.5″
Page Count: 256
Cover: Man-Made Leather :: Lime :: Smyth Sewn Binding :: plus Elastic Closure & Bookmark
Paper: 100 GMS :: Ivory :: Blank

Like its smaller counterparts, this Ciak sketchbook has a quality cover, binding, and pages. It makes me want to draw. Depending on your artistic technique, the flexible cover may or may not be a plus.

Current Price: $21.99 at JournalingArts.com (color change: black)
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Rhodia Classic Meeting Notebook

Dimensions: 6.25″ x 8.25″
Page Count: 160
Cover: Laminated Cardstock :: Black :: Spiral Binding
Paper: 80 GSM :: White :: Ruled with Sections

Rhodia’s meeting notebook makes meetings more efficient with a practical layout and clever design. Each page features a spot for the date, meeting summary, meeting notes, and action items. For convenience, each page is also microperforated for easy tear outs. It is perfect for board meetings or brainstorming sessions.

Current Price: $22.00 at Amazon.com (size change: 9″ x 11.75″)
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Behance Action Journal

Dimensions: 6″ x 8″
Page Count: 200
Cover: Hard Cover :: Black :: Stitched Binding :: plus Elastic Closure, Bookmark, & Inner Pocket
Paper: 100% New Leaf Sustainable :: Dot Grid with To-Do List

Behance’s Action Journal is a creative’s dream. A dot grid page layout provides just enough structure for precision and just enough freedom for the creative groove. The right side of each double page spread conveniently features 7 spots for action items and a box for items on the backburner. And with thick microperforated pages, you can take them with you as needed. The cover is firm and almost stiff but as soft as suede. The design is beautiful. My only complaint is it is so nice I almost don’t want to use it. (almost).

Current Price: $17.50 at Amazon.com
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LARGE NOTEBOOK

Quo Vadis Habana Notebook

Dimensions: 6″ x 9″
Page Count: 160
Cover: Flexi Cover :: Black :: Smyth Sewn Binding :: plus Elastic Closure & Inner Pocket
Paper: 90 GSM Clairefontaine :: White :: Ruled

Quo Vadis’ Habana Notebook comes with a leather cover that reminds me of important executives. The paper is classy, thick, and smooth Clairefontaine paper. And the notebook even comes with an inner pocket. It is really quite nice and maybe too nice. It would be a perfect fit for senior pastors and administrative roles, but it is a bit hard to picture creatives with such an executive look and feel.

Current Price: $20.00 at Amazon.com

Ecosystem Sketchbook

Dimensions: 7.2″ x 9.9″
Page Count: 128
Cover: Hard Cover :: Onyx :: plus Elastic Closure, Bookmark, & Inner Pocket
Paper: White :: Blank

I wish I had this Ecosystem sketchbook back in my days at art school. I love the size. The pages are generously thick. And the cover is the same stiff yet very soft quality found on other Ecosystem hard covers. The paper is thick enough to accommodate just about any medium from charcoal to quality ink and probably even watercolor. However, a bit more tooth and texture to the paper would be nice from a fine arts perspective.

Current Price: $15.56 on Amazon.com
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BONUS

Rhodia Mouse Pad Clic Bloc

Dimensions: 7.5″ x 9″
Page Count: 30
Paper: 80 GSM :: White :: Graph

I have been using paper on a clipboard as a mouse pad for years. The convenience is hard to beat. Now Rhodia has a polished solution with their mouse pad notepad. Streamline your workspace by merging your mouse pad with your notepad.

Current Price: $5.65 at Amazon.com
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Special thanks to all the companies featured for contributing complimentary products to this review. Some links are Amazon affiliate links.

At Seeds Conference, Dino Rizzo of Healing Place Church (Baton Rouge, LA) discussed living a lifelong journey of serving.

I believe that there is nothing greater than embracing how God has called you to serve. There is no greater role, title, or position than  being a servant. There is nothing greater to achieve. The greatest husband is a servant. The greatest pastor is a servant.

The one thing that is common with all of us is what Jesus rewards us with. At the end of the day, we will all stand before Jesus as He says, “You have been a faithful servant.” And I believe that being a servant is something easy to drift away from.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:1-3

I love the idea of endurance. God, give us hearts that endure. Anyone who has followed Christ for more than a month or so or a year has found that much of what God wants is through a process. God will always use a process. He will always use endurance and perseverance to develop you.

It is the great incubator of the local church that helps build so much endurance. God uses the context of the local church. God uses the context of leadership. It is in the local church that I have learned the most about the race - about being a servant of the Most High.

Jesus was patient with His disciples in the process of developing them who they need to be. In Matthew 15, Jesus was surrounded by all sorts of people with all sorts of problems, and Jesus loved all of them. Jesus told His disciples that He had compassion on them. After three days of healing people, Jesus still had compassion and did not want them to go away hungry. It is almost like Jesus is saying to His disciples, “You think you are done, but you are not done yet.” That is the story of a servant.

Serving is a lifelong journey. I believe that there is a day when all kinds of people with all kinds of problems show up on your doorstep. And you need to serve them. If you are not willing to serve in secret, then you will never be ready to serve faithfully in public. If you don’t value the small things, then you will not be entrusted with big things.

Will you be found serving when the Lord comes to find you?

At Seeds Conference, Andrew Tremonti of Church on the Move (Tulsa, OK), discussed teaching 4 and 5 year olds.

Sometimes the biggest challenge to teaching is kids’ imaginations.

However, you can use their imaginations to your advantage. Kids are going to use their imaginations. So rather than letting them daydream, ask them to imagine with you. Take them new places.

At Seeds Conference, Whitney George of Church on the Move (Tulsa, OK), Pace Hartfield of Fellowship Church (Grapevine, TX), and Marty Taylor of Northland, A Church Distributed (Orlando, FL) gave a behind the scenes discussion of how they lead their creative arts teams.

WG: It is not so much about what you do as who you are. What are the personalities like that make up your creative team? Those personalities will shape your art.

MT: Each week, we focus on some specific attribute of God and we connect that attribute to some type of call & response for the church to act on that week.

MT: We don’t ever buy anything just because it’s cool. We buy something because it will help the message.

WG: You don’t do all the lights for the sake of lights. You do it to create environments for worship. God did the same for us when He created a beautiful environment for us to worship in.

PH: And sometimes creating the environment means turning the technology off. Sometimes that is most powerful.

WG: It is about using it in the right way. You always want to keep at the heart of what you are doing, “What am I trying to say?”

WG: When we opened our new auditorium, we asked, “What is the appropriate response?” We thought up a lot of crazy ideas but decided that the appropriate response to launching a new auditorium is worship.

MT: We find out 6 weeks out what a weekend will be and start planning.

PH: We plan 10 weeks to a week out, and sometimes start planning 6 months in advance. We start with whomever will be teaching. Ed Young Jr. will do a mind dump and journaling, and the create planning team will read it all. Then we meet as a group to talk it out. We leave more on the cutting room floor then in the final sermon.

PH: To as best you can, match the leadership style of your pastor. When your pastor feels that support, he will trust you more.

WG: I have to remember that God didn’t call me to run Church on the Move. He called me to serve Church on the Move. You have to make sure that mindset is aligned if you want to be creative.

WG: One of the main things about collaboration is that when start going up, you will see the fruits of that, the disjointedness, showing up on stage. The tech guys and the media guys and the worship guys need to be able to speak into the lives and process of everyone around them.

WG: During rehearsals, we have someone always watching it who is not doing it. That kind of feedback in the time you are putting it together is critical to a great worship environment.

PH: We always have to keep one hand free to adjust for what God wants. You have to be careful to never spiritualize your laziness. Don’t do things on the fly. God is in the details.

MT: I think the approach is greatly affected by how you view the video and the lighting and everything. If you look at the lighting as just another tool, as another worship leader, then it helps to evaluate if it is working together.

WG: Stop thinking of worship as one thing and lighting as one thing and production guys as one thing. They are all one thing together. They are all communication.

WG: Honor and serve. Start honoring the sound man. He is as much of the process as the person on stage. Serving them means respecting their process and putting yourself in their shoes. That relationship is essential.

At Seeds Conference, Mark Rutland of Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK) discussed the language of God.

Communication is the right message to the right party in the right way at the right time. If you get any part of that wrong, and you get all of it wrong. Communication is a wonderland.

Did you know God has a communications problem? The problem is us.

There is nothing wrong with the transmitter just the receiver. We do not speak God’s native language. What is the native language of God? It is not Hebrew or Spanish or even tongues. God speaks God.

The communication problem of God is He is communicating His essential truth to a world of broken receivers.

What God sent into this world was His Word. His Word became flesh. The miracle was the incarnation. God in flesh. God with flesh. And the flesh was the problem because when God became a human, He looked human. In fact, the Bible says He was unattractive.

The divinity of Christ is very comforting to us, but the humanity of Christ sets us on edge. Unless Christ was a baby that cries and is human then how could He ever relate to mankind?

When Christ was born, He didn’t think cognitively as an infant. He did not think about being the preexisting coexistant second part of the trinity. Christ had to grow into that. The Bible says that Christ grew in favor with man and with God. And as Christ grew, He began to remember He is God. He began to think in the language of God.

When Christ uses human language to explain the complex concepts from the language of God, people have trouble understanding. “Let the dead bury the dead.”

What confuses people isn’t that Christ can do miracles but that He can sweat. Everybody knows that God can raise the dead, but can God sweat? That is what some struggle to believe.

After Jesus was resurrected, He frequently talked about the Kingdom (of God), but they thought He is talking about the Davidic kingdom. The communication problem was Christ was talking about Kingdom while they were thinking kingdom. Not kingdom but Kingdom. Human words are imperfect for communication ideas from the language of God.

We struggle for these words. We struggle to communicate.

Christ asked the disciples if they wanted power. They said, “Yes.” But Christ says, “No, you will not receive power. You will not receive power but power. You will receive power from the Holy Spirit.”

The church has struggled for 2,000 years to understand the difference between power and power. The church needs to operate in the right power. The church needs to understand the language of God.

Do not confuse your own ego with the mind of God.

God will give you power, but it will not be power to build your kingdom. God will give you power to yield, power to submit, and power to die to oneself.

At Seeds Conference, Gabe George of Church on the Move (Tulsa, OK) discussed 7 steps to great volunteers.

If you want to develop great volunteers, follow these steps.

1. What is your mission?
   For us, children’s ministry is about the kids. If any decision conflicts with that statement, the right answer is clear.
2. Get your systems in order.
   If you want people who are sharp and capable, you have to have your systems in order. If people come to serve and see gaping holes in how you do things, they may defect not because they don’t care but because it looks like you don’t. Volunteers like to know their place. Systems provide that. Church needs to be safe. Systems provide that. If you don’t have systems, you are asking for it.

Those are two things that I think must be done before you ever ask for volunteers. Here is what you do after you’ve got the basics covered.

1. Cast the vision.
   People don’t respond to needs. They respond to vision. Vision captures people. When you are dealing with volunteers, you must cast the vision often, often, often. A  lot of our vision is systems.
2. Have a code of ethics.
   A code of ethics is a list that covers anything that is a deal breaker about serving. And we have volunteers sign the code of ethics in front of a pastor. You determine what this is for you. Clear guidelines make it easy to enforce expectations.
3. Deal with problems.
   You can not be afraid to deal with problems. And problems come from people. It is difficult to look at someone and say, “I’m sorry. This isn’t working.” As Joyce Meyer says, “Do it afraid!” if necessary. You need to realize that you are part of something that is bigger than you. You have to be bold.
4. Put them in the right spot.
   Volunteers all have different kinds of gifts. You have the ones who want to stay behind the scenes and the ones who want the microphone. The funny thing is not all of the people who want the microphone should have the microphone. Our kids are not lab rats for you to develop yourself as a speaker.
5. Be followable.
   There is one thing I’ve seen a lot of in children’s ministry, and it is the guy in the room that others can’t relate to and say, “Well, he is the kids guy.” You don’t have to be corny. You can teach with authority. Just because you teach kids, doesn’t mean that you have to act like you are a child. There is a place for that, but more importantly, you need to be followable. Children’s ministry needs leaders. Children’s ministry needs men (and I think the women agree). And if you want men to volunteer, you need to act like a man. I’ve learned that you can reach kids better if you just act like a man. So ask if you are someone who can be followed. You can’t just be a friend.

That is how we do it at Church on the Move.

At Seeds Conference, Whitney George of Church on the Move (Tulsa, OK) discussed building a culture of creativity.

When most people think of creativity, they think of artists. But really that is an incomplete definition because you can be creative at anything - mathematics, engineering, parenting.

Creativity at its core is really nothing than solving a problem of some sort. We all have the capacity to be a creative person.

But creativity for artists comes with unique challenges.

As artists, our challenge, our problem, is one of communication. If you think about it, all art is communication. Often, it communicates feeling.

The power of the arts is it can take you places that you didn’t know you can go. It can communicate things that you otherwise cannot.

When you think about the Great Commission, our responsibility is to communicate the gospel. And as artists, we communicate the gospel through the arts.

So how do you build a culture of creativity? Ask yourself these four questions:

QUESTION #1 - Have you given the right people a voice?

If you want young people to buy into your church, give them a voice.

That doesn’t mean ask anyone. Find a young person who has a relationship with your church and genuinely cares. You don’t have to take every single suggestion. But it matters to listen. When you show that you care about what they think, then they will go to town to work for you.

If you want to build a culture of creativity, you must continually find new people, give them a voice, and give them an opportunity to serve. Like attracts like, so get great people.

QUESTION #2 - Have you got the right people on the team?

The idea of the lone genius is actually a myth (research proven). Creativity always works best in groups. Where people often have pitfalls is not willingness to do something but rather choosing the right people for their team.

Avoid These People

• Avoid people who cause tension.
  Tension is the biggest enemy to the creative process because tension makes our guard go up. Sometimes the senior pastor creates tension because of his position of authority.
• Avoid people who dominate the conversation.
• Avoid people who don’t participate.
  If you aren’t going to engage the conversation, there is no point in you being in the room.
• Avoid people who always agree.
  You need people who will ask the tough questions.

Get These People

• Get people who have a selfless heart for the church.
  They may not have the best ideas at first, but they give themselves. You want people who use their talents and gifts to build the church and not people who use the church to build their talents and gifts.
• Get people who have familiarity with each other.
  Familiarity breeds comfort with each other.
• Get people who move the conversation forward.

QUESTION #3 - Have you put in the time?

There is nothing sexy about creativity and the creative process. There are hundreds of decisions to come up with a result that looks like a genius idea. Creativity works in really small sparks.

Creativity is horribly inefficient. That’s okay. It is like that for everyone. When people do anything very well, they make it look easy.

QUESTION #4 - Are you ready to just do it?

Don’t get hung up wondering “How?” Just do something. Take the first step.

What God has called you to do, He has also given you the grace to do.

At Seeds Conference, Ed Young Jr. of Fellowship Church (Grapevine, TX) discussed 11 statements for creative change.

Anytime there is change, there is creativity. Creativity and change are inseparably linked. When you change, often it is an innovation or something different.

I believe that God is cheering to us, “You’ve got it! Now use it!”

Some of us deny having the ability to be creative, but that is not true. God made us unique. And He wants us to be who He planned for us to be individually and collectively.

Here are some creative statements that God has brought forward in Ed Young Jr’s life and in the leadership culture at Fellowship Church.

#1 - You be you.

In every area, be yourself. Do not try to be like any other minister. Do not try to be like any other church.

#2 - Work for the weekend.

The weekend is the most important thing we do in the church. So goes the week, so goes the weekend. So goes the weekend, so goes the week. If you make the weekend the thing, most people show up on the weekend, and you can connect with them there. Creativity is stopping something and starting something else. Why should the church be boring? It shouldn’t. So the weekend is where you can be creative. So often the small tweaks will take you to the giant peaks.

#3 - Have a seat at the table.

At the head of the table is the pastor with the food. The first chair is for people who do not know Christ. If your church is doing what it is supposed to do, then 1/3 of the church should be lost. Chair 2 is baby Christians (another 1/3). The third chair should be mature followers of Christ who share and serve (the last 1/3).

#4 - Sign up for group therapy.

Creativity is best done in a group. Everyone is a creative genius, so in a group, there is no telling what creative thing will come up. Critique while you are planning. Critique while you create. Play idea ping pong. You will not believe the ideas that go back and forth.

#5 - Get your “ask” in gear.

Always seek knowledge. Some are afraid to ask questions because of insecurity. Don’t be afraid. When you talk, there is a rhythm. You need to talk then ask then listen. We ask two questions in our creative process: (1) What if? and (2) What is? Delegation without investigation is an abomination. What if? plans the thing. But What is? investigates the thing. Also ask, “Who am I reaching?”

#6 - Hire “yes” men and “yes” women.

“Y” stands for yielded to God. “E” stands for encouraging. “S” stands for strong. The with you’s help you. The for you’s cheer for you. And the use you’s make you think they are with you, but they really use you and abuse you. When you let God take care of haters, He will take you to a whole ‘nutha level.

#7 - Get on the stairmaster.

Everytime you ask the right people the right questions to get the right answers, you will ask a lot of the wrong people, too. So you are always climbing. You are always moving.

#8 - Become a creative criminal.

Steal ideas unashamedly. Rip them off. Of course, make them your own. God gave you eyes… plagiarize.

#9 - Surf the wave.

Fade awaves are the waves that hit the coastline of our conscious and then fade away. Try to harness your creative ideas. Build in rest periods during the day.

#10 - Go through labor and delivery.

You’ve got conception (getting the idea). You’ve got pregnancy (incubate the idea). You’ve got to give birth. The reason many churches die and lose their creativity is they forget about the lost person.

#11 - Join the comedy club.

The majority of our creative ideas come out of laughter. You have to build in blocks of time to laugh and create. And if laughter doesn’t work, argue! Debate it out if necessary.

You’ve got creativity. Now use it!