Caleb Breakey, Founder of Renown Publishing, on Telling Your Generosity Story (Ep. 147)

Caleb Breakey, author and founder of Renown Publishing, has a passion for the transforming power of storytelling. Caleb has been a student of the story-writing craft from a young age, and after a successful career in sports journalism, felt called by God to shift into fiction and writing novels that could have a positive impact on the lives of the readers. Through a series of faith-steps, Caleb eventually founded Renown Publishing, a unique publishing company with a focus on empowering leaders and families to share their own stories.  

Caleb and the Renown Publishing team have worked with many generous leaders and families to bring their generous stories to life. Caleb is adamant that everyone has an incredibly valuable story to share, and those stories are the most powerful way in which we speak into the lives of others.   

Major topics include:

• His story of faith and pursuing God’s unique call
• Shifting from journalism to becoming a fiction author 
• The need for stories of generous givers
• Helping families pass down a legacy of wisdom and experiences through story
• The calling to start Renown Publishing
• Writing books that catalyze the Holy Spirit’s movement in someone’s life
• Teaching to share their story in a way that’s compelling and honest through workshops
• Lessons of generosity and faith from working with families
• Learning from storytelling in Scripture 
• Advice for people beginning to explore their own story
• Caleb’s 18-month process of helping authors create an engaging story from their memories
• Stewarding your story well
• Being generous with your story
• Tips to start writing your story

QUOTES TO REMEMBER

• “A huge part of my life journey has been learning to see people the way God sees them.”
• “These people live as if Jesus is real.”
• “One of the most insidious things that enemy can do is to silence us to not share our story because that is where God gets the greatest glory.”
• “I want to get the right people with the right stories influencing society.”
• “Everyone else is looking for themselves in your story.”
• “When you go through the process of telling your story with great intentionality, it will do far more for you than what you think it will do for others.”
• “What your future generations need in great detail is how your values and wisdom were formed, because they need to get there on their own, and the way to do that is through story.”
• “We can learn more from our failures than our successes.”
• “You have never not had an incredibly important story.”
• “History informs, story transforms.”
• “We need to get to the point where we see our stories as God’s glory.”
• “Your story is someone else’s life raft.”
• “Legacy moves at the pace of relationship, relationship is tied to trust, and trust is tied to story.”

LINKS FROM THE SHOW

• Renown Publishing
• Impact Foundation (see our interview with Founder, Aimee Minnich)
• The Finish Line Community Facebook Group
• The Finish Line Community LinkedIn Group

BIBLE REFERENCES FROM THE SHOW

Judges 6:1-8:35 | The Story of Gideon  

2 Timothy 1:7 | A Spirit Not of Fear  

for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

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