The Thriving Christian Artist - 345 - Glorifying God In The Gig Economy: A Conversation with Allen Paul

345 - Glorifying God In The Gig Economy: A Conversation with Allen Paul

05/03/22 • 25 min

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Truth time: God doesn’t want you to be comfortable. He isn’t a La-Z-Boy salesman.

If you’re too comfortable, you’re not moving forward...and God’s going to start poking you until you do.

Allen Paul found that out in his life when he was secure in his jobs as a teacher and at a church...but God wouldn’t stop poking him. Allen had financial security, but he just knew he wasn’t doing what God was calling him to do.

The only solution was to leave that security behind and trust God to show him the way forward.

Now, after experiencing the ups and downs of finding his way in the gig economy, Allen has his love of music, teaching, and ministering all working together, the way God intended. And he’s using his experience to help other musicians and artists learn the things Allen wished he had known when he was starting out, through his multi-platform ministry, God And Gigs.

Listen to Allen’s story of how he has walked THROUGH the valleys in his life, and kept on walking, trusting God to light the way, on this episode of the Thriving Christian Artist podcast!

For more information about Allen’s book, devotional, podcast, membership program, coaching - and everything else! - go to: https://godandgigs.com/thrive

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When you’re ready to stop striving and start thriving, here are 4 other ways I can help:

1️⃣ Get my FREE Guide, "3 Biggest Misconceptions to Thriving as a Christian Artist" Struggling to figure out how to be an artist and a Christian simultaneously? If you believe these three misconceptions, that might be why!Download here ➡️ https://thrive.matttommeymentoring.com/misconceptions-to-thriving

2️⃣ Unlock Your Heart: Are you ready to begin a journey of healing and wholeness that will yield deeper Spirit-led creativity and personal fulfillment? I’ll show you how in the 10th anniversary revised edition of “Unlocking the Heart of the Artist!” Grab the book, ebook, or audio on Amazon ➡️ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1460930258

3️⃣ Connect with God: Discover how to connect with the Lord and discover His intention for you and your art in His Kingdom in my course, How to Connect with God to Create & Sell Your Art Get more details here ➡️ https://thrive.matttommeymentoring.com/how-to-connect

4️⃣ Ready to truly thrive? Join the Created to Thrive Artist Mentoring Program to discover how to build your art business and live the abundant life Jesus promised you as an artist in His Kingdom! Click here for details and to enroll! ➡️ https://www.matttommeymentoring.com/artmentor.html

Thanks for listening! You can also watch this podcast on YouTube at youtube.com/matttommeymentoring Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!

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Connect with Matt online: https://thrive.matttommeymentoring.com/stay-connected

Join us inside the Created to Thrive Foundations Course and Community for just $27/mo at http://www.matttommeymentoring.com/foundations

Send us a text

Truth time: God doesn’t want you to be comfortable. He isn’t a La-Z-Boy salesman.

If you’re too comfortable, you’re not moving forward...and God’s going to start poking you until you do.

The only solution was to leave that security behind and trust God to show him the way forward.

Listen to Allen’s story of how he has walked THROUGH the valleys in his life, and kept on walking, trusting God to light the way, on this episode of the Thriving Christian Artist podcast!

For more information about Allen’s book, devotional, podcast, membership program, coaching - and everything else! - go to: https://godandgigs.com/thrive

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When you’re ready to stop striving and start thriving, here are 4 other ways I can help:

Thanks for listening! You can also watch this podcast on YouTube at youtube.com/matttommeymentoring Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!

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Connect with Matt online: https://thrive.matttommeymentoring.com/stay-connected

Join us inside the Created to Thrive Foundations Course and Community for just $27/mo at http://www.matttommeymentoring.com/foundations

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344 - 5-Minute Mentoring: 5 Reasons Every Artist Should Be Using Canva To Market Their Art

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Back in the day, when I was working on staff at churches, I was the “creative guy” - which meant that I was the default graphic designer of the group!

Now, truth be told, this was NOT my area of expertise, but I dove into Adobe Photoshop and slogged my way through it. Let’s just say that it was...a challenge. 😆

Luckily, technology has come a long way since then, and tools like Canva make it MUCH easier for artists and business owners like us to create top-notch, professional marketing materials, from social media graphics to flyers to rack cards...and so much more!

On this episode of 5-Minute Mentoring, I’m sharing 5 reasons why you NEED to be using Canva to support you in the creation of graphics for marketing your art business!
Not Using Canva Yet? Click Here to try it for free!

Could you use some guidance on how to build a business that helps you thrive spiritually, artistically, and financially? Here are 4 ways I can help:

1️⃣ Get my FREE Guide, “5 Biggest Mistakes Artists Make When Pricing Their Art” Struggling to price your art in a way that feels authentic to you and your faith - but still makes you money? Make sure you’re not making any of these mistakes!
Download here ➡️ https://thrive.matttommeymentoring.com/5-biggest-mistakes-when-pricing-art

2️⃣ Read the Book: Check out my book “How to Price Your Art: Pricing with Confidence for Sales & Profit” on Amazon ➡️ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XBP733

3️⃣ Create Art and Profit: Discover how to create the art you love while still providing for yourself financially in my “How to Price Your Art” workshop. Get more details here ➡️ https://thrive.matttommeymentoring.com/how-to-price-your-art-evergreen

Connect with me online: https://thrive.matttommeymentoring.com/stay-connected

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346 - 5-Minute Mentoring: 3 Secrets for Growing an Art Business

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Whether you’re just starting out in your art business or you’ve been at it awhile, chances are once the excitement of stepping out in faith wears off, you are going to start wondering...

How do I actually make this work? 😳

I was in the same boat myself when I started out - struggling to turn my art from a hobby to a business that could sustain me and my family...

...and into the kind of success I felt God had in store for me.

So in this episode of 5-Minute Mentoring, I’m going to help you get through this uncertain period of transition by sharing with you some of the most important things I’ve learned in my journey.

Take a listen as I reveal 3 of my biggest secrets for growing your art business - I think you’ll see how you can put them into practice yourself. And when you do, you’ll be that much closer to the artist God has created you to be.

Could you use some guidance on how to build a business that helps you thrive spiritually, artistically, and financially? Here are 4 ways I can help:

1️⃣ Get my FREE Guide, “5 Biggest Mistakes Artists Make When Pricing Their Art” Struggling to price your art in a way that feels authentic to you and your faith - but still makes you money? Make sure you’re not making any of these mistakes! Download here ➡️ https://thrive.matttommeymentoring.com/5-biggest-mistakes-when-pricing-art

2️⃣ Read the Book: Check out my book “How to Price Your Art: Pricing with Confidence for Sales & Profit” on Amazon ➡️ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XBP733

3️⃣ Create Art and Profit: Discover how to create the art you love while still providing for yourself financially in my “How to Price Your Art” workshop.Get more details here ➡️ https://thrive.matttommeymentoring.com/how-to-price-your-art-evergreen

4️⃣ Ready to truly thrive? Join the Created to Thrive Artist Mentoring Program to discover how to build your art business and live the abundant life Jesus promised you as an artist in His Kingdom! Click here for details and to enroll! ➡️ https://www.matttommeymentoring.com/artmentor.html

Connect with me online: https://thrive.matttommeymentoring.com/stay-connected

Join us inside the Created to Thrive Foundations Course and Community for just $27/mo at http://www.matttommeymentoring.com/foundations