Inwood Park after Rain In Manhattan (c) Len Cicio Have you ever started down a career path, only to realize, maybe even years later, that even although it’s very close to what you want to be doing, it’s not the exact job you want?  Meet Len Cicio.  For fourteen years, Cicio worked as a...

In part 4 of “Selling Yourself without Selling Out,” we’ll be looking at the resources provided by Luann Jennings, who led the workshop held by Redeemer Presbyterian Church‘s Center for Faith & Work on which this series is based.  The workshop that ran on Friday, July 23,...

“If your relatives are creeped out about you being an artist, tell them you’re an entrepreneur,” Luann Jennings, director of Redeemer Presbyterian Church‘s Center for Faith & Work in New York City, half-joked at Selling Yourself without Selling Out: An Introduction to Marketing...

(This post is the second part of a series exploring the unique obstacles Christian artists face in marketing themselves, and how to get over the hangups.  You can read Part 1 here.) “Who are you?” the caterpillar asked Alice in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.  It’s an important...

Self-promotion.  It sounds like such a dirty word.  Is it sinful to promote yourself?  Is it selling out to want to earn a living off of your art?  Or, is promotion a critical component of a successful arts career?  Redeemer Presbyterian Church‘s Center for Faith & Work in New York City...

[Editor's Note: As we were ramping up to launch Burnside, Donald Miller suggested we syndicate any of his blog posts we deemed appropriate.  In all likelihood, our readership is already familiar with Don's blog, but how could we pass up that opportunity?  Plus, now you can read his posts without the...