Edit-ability!

In book titled Organic Community, Joseph Myers talks about "edit-ability" rather than "account-ability"

An accountant can go into any organization and audit the books based, not on the org's mission, vision, values, but on accounting rules. Black and white. It's right or it's wrong. And they're looking for errors.

An editor - much like the editing process I'm in now with my second book - responds to the writer. My editor sends back comments like "Huh?" Really. Several times. Her job is to listen, read and understand my goal for the book. What's my point? What did I mean to say? How could I be more congruent with an earlier statement?

That's very different. The tone is different. It's focused on a win, not a lose. It's about calling out the best, not pointing out the worst.

Whether you choose to use the word "account-ability" or "edit-ability", the tone is what's important.

The tone must be ... Call me forward. Point to the inconsistencies in my life, since the voice I'm trying to find is one that echoes God's kingdom, Jesus' lifestyle. Call out the good you see generated by the work of the Spirit within me. Help me edit the storyline I'm writing as we walk together in the grand Story of God.

It's a great picture. An awesome picture.

Have a Great Day

David