What's On Your Desk?

My wife gives me a hard time about the trinkets on my desk, and she's right they clutter things a bit. But they're worth it, because they have a purpose. 

I do most of my writing and much of my thinking at my desk, and I want vivid and tangible reminders of the why behind my work. How easy it can be to forget the why. That's where these die-cast figures come in. 

The Trojan Horse reminds me that stories are sneaky and potent vehicles of thought. They are the language of our culture. There's always something in their bellies and almost always hidden from plain view. Some carry soldiers of truth and beauty, while others don't. When I sit down to craft a story, my prayer is to send out horses full of truth and beauty, to send Kingdom stories for the Author of Creativity.

Charles Spurgeon was known as the Prince of Preachers, and this Baptist minister is one of my heroes of the faith. Winsome and humble, bold and biblical. Spurgeon sought to place Christ at the heart of all that he did. That is my prayer: O Lord, whatever I'm writing, creating, editing, producing, Christ be at the center! 

More items spend time on my the desk like pictures of family and my typewriter I've named Dumbledore, and they're terribly important to me as well. But they're for another article another day. 

My question for you is this: What sits on your desk? What vivid and tangible items remind you of your calling? I'd love to hear or see them.

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Dane Bundy is President of Stage & Story and Director of Fine Arts at Regents School of Austin.