Jeremy Statton

Living Better Stories

Last Place for a Reason

(This story is retold using information from articles at the Columbus Dispatch and the Huffington Post.) This past summer at the Division III Ohio state championships, one runner ran the best race of her life. And I am not even referring to the race she won. Meghan Vogel knows running. She grew up around track and […]

Tamika Sims: A secretly incredible survivor

I want you to meet Tamika Sims. She survived a physically, sexually, and emotionally abusive relationship for 8 years. She serves as an Advisory Board member for the DH White Center and the Abigail Project whose mission is to empower, educate, and equip. She is the proud mother of one son. Her book, The Plus […]

God’s Plan is Usually the Weird One

From Jeremy: This is a guest post by Jared Latigo, a husband, father and Christ-follower. He believes that we were all put here for one incredible reason and that each of our lives affect each other’s in ways we can’t even fathom. You can check out his blog at JaredLatigo.com or follow him on Twitter. Tell me […]

The 1 Thing I Would Want My Teenage Self to Know

This is a letter I wrote to my teenage self. The letter is a series initiated by Emily Freeman to celebrate the release of her new book, Graceful. If you want to read more letters like this one click here. Dear 13 year old Jeremy: I debated whether or not to write you. On one […]

Live a Life of More

I recently watched Schindler’s List since I first saw it in college. The end of the movie explains what it means to live an incredible life better than any other movie I have ever watched. I love the story. At the time it was secret. It isn’t anymore, but it was just as incredible before the […]

The Danger of a Charismatic Leader

From Jeremy: This is a guest post by Mike Holmes. He is the founder of Tithehacker. The purpose of the site is to stir up a revolution of radical giving. Stop by and get a copy of his free resource “The Art of Hacking the Tithe 101” I used to work under a charismatic leader. He was […]

11 Story-Killing Mistakes to Avoid

Better stories don’t just happen. It requires intentionally fighting against the natural desire to be normal. And sometimes along the way, we make mistakes. Some mistakes are easy to recover from. Some are not. Some  mistakes are so big, they will affect your story will for the rest of your life. Don’t confuse failure and […]

The Reason to be Secret and Incredible

In the series Secretly Incredible You, I tell you the stories of amazing people. People whose lives do not fit the category of normal.  People that blow me away. Their lives, especially their decision to live for something bigger than themselves, inspire me to do more with my life. And so I have to ask myself, […]

Creativity Icebreakers

From Jeremy: This is a guest post from Jamie Kocur. She is a recovering worship leader and a coffee addict. You can learn more about her at her blog or follow her on Twitter. I love writing. I love singing. More recently, I love to write songs. Above all, I love the feeling of a […]

6 Lessons on Story from Cleaning the Garage

My wife and I realize that we have fallen into a trap. We are trying to tell an incredible story with our lives by buying more stuff. Stuff that inevitably seems to end up in our garage collecting dust. Our house is full of things we don’t need and certainly never use. Clothes that we […]