This is the third time today I’ve tried to write this blog, but it’s turned out to be a day of meetings, meetings and more meetings! How was I supposed to make time to do my own work, like write my usual Wednesday blog? Nothing frustrates me more than a day of meetings.
First thing this morning the editors met for our weekly editorial meeting, where we bring stories to be considered for future issues of our magazines and content on the websites. We bounce around ideas, talk about who would be the best narrator to tell a certain story, share story leads from readers. We try to keep the meeting to an hour, but this morning it ran an hour and a half. Every story pitched seemed to remind at least one editor about something that had happened in his or her own life, and we all had to hear about it.
Before lunch, the Angels on Earth staff met to finalize our story lineup for the January/February 2013 issue. Valentine Angels stories got everyone talking about their own personal love stories, and before we knew it, another hour had flown by. Someone’s growling stomach finally broke up the meeting.
After lunch we listened to Guideposts executive editor Rick Hamlin pitch stories for the magazine’s February 2013 issue. More romance, more personal anecdotes from editors. Did everyone have a story to tell today?
Yes, there are lots of good news stories out there—and just as many here among us editors. It’s impossible to sit in meetings all day listening to how God and his angels are at work in the world without seeing the blessings in our own lives. I guess I have to admit that today I was blessed with back-to-back meetings.
