I always get asked, “Where do you get your ideas for blog posts?”
Blog posts like sermon ideas, article or book ideas are everywhere. They are in conversations, quotes, questions, your devotions and prayer time.
Here are a few places I find them:
- A question I have or someone else has. My opinion has always been, if one person has a question, others have the same question.
- Conversations after a sermon or in a missional community.
- Book quotes. This is a great way to get a blog post. When a book or quote makes you think of something, write it down. Many of my posts start that way.
- Other blog posts. Maybe you read something that makes you want to respond because you disagree, or you think you could write it better. Go through you old posts from time to time to see if you’d update something or if you can write something that is more helpful.
If none of those work, try these ideas from Ready to Be a Thought Leader?: How to Increase Your Influence, Impact, and Success: at the end of the day or each week, could you set aside fifteen minutes to write down the highlights of what happened? What were the painful moments, the funny experiences, or the most challenging decisions you made? Here are a few more questions: What have I learned from this experience? What did I do well? What could I have done differently? Is there a universal lesson here that others could apply?
If you put these into practice, you will always have ideas for sermons, blog posts and books.
