How to Love God with Your Creativity Creativity is both a mystery and a wonderful gift, but how does our creativity connect us to God? And how can we love God with our creativity? We need a larger view of how creativity fits into the rest of our spiritual life. A view that brings freedom […]
A Sign From God: Start Creating Now! Don’t procrastinate. Get started. Go create. All artists face the blank page, and the blank studio and feel the pressure. Why? because it’s hard. The job of a creative is not easy. You can’t just do what you did yesterday. You need to keep creating something new, with […]
Can Your Ambition Honor God? You’d be surprised how many times each year I talk to people who are fearful of being ambitious. Once we start to talk, it becomes clear that this idea comes from their culture, their religious beliefs, or simply a fear of becoming like some outrageously, prideful, and arrogant kind of […]
The Truth About Imagination and the Christian Life Imagination is one of the most essential elements of the Christian faith, And at the same time, it is one of the most ignored elements of the Christian faith. …but why is it this way? What are we missing as Christians, as creatives, and even as pastors […]
Stop Settling: Your Creative Journey is Meant to Be Epic We love a good origin story or an epic saga. Why? Because we all long for… A goal worth pursuing. Challenges that test our calling. Obstacles that beckon us to rise to the occasion. Setbacks and failures that make us question almost everything. – our […]
God Delights in Your Creativity Do you think God rejoices over you? Do you think he loves to watch you create, and to see the work you put into making great films, music, graphic novels, paintings, or even architecture? Join us as we explore this theme and discover God’s joy connected to your creativity. […]
Your Creativity is Dangerous Without This One Thing Artists and storytellers wield tremendous power and influence as their creative works permeate the broader culture. But are you impacting your audience the way you want to, or the way God calls you to influence the culture? What you need to understand is the importance of your […]
Yes the Bible is Rated R Let’s look at the bible. Is it full of nice stories where God comforts the downtrodden, cares for the poor and calls his people to care for the orphans and widows? Well, yes! But there is so much more than what kids hear about in Sunday School. There’s murder, […]
Is Everyone an Artist? Every now and then I hear this phrase, “Everyone is an artist.” But something just isn’t right about this. And I get they want to encourage people to be creative. We should also encourage people to spend some time doing something creative. That’s wonderful. But should we really call everyone an […]
Four Reasons Your Church Does Not Understand Art or Creativity Do you ever wonder why your church doesn’t understand art, or appreciate you calling as a creative? Maybe they want to be encouraging, but they just can’t understand why a Christian should be in film, tv, manga, fine art, popular music or even video games? […]