I’m always trying to figure out what the enemies of creativity are, and these past six weeks have helped me identity another enemy with great clarity. The enemy of creativity is lack of margin in my life. Lack of margin. I know. You were expecting something way deeper, way more I’ve-never-considered-that-one-before-thank-God-for-Gary’s-wisdom. I haven’t been very public [...]
Being a full-time pastor was the most difficult profession I’ve ever experienced. I loved the people who I served alongside of, and God did some amazing things. But it was so taxing on me – emotionally, physically, and spiritually. I almost lost my family. For many pastors and leaders who get paid by their churches, [...]
Gerry True is the Minister of Communication Arts at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Tx. He serves with pastors Max Lucado and Randy Frazee. His role is to collaboratively lead four teams of staff and volunteer artists who are living out their God-given creative calling. The four teams include Worship Arts, Production Arts, Creative [...]
I met Gerry True in July 2012 in Dallas. We found ourselves together with an amazing group of church communication men and women, curated by Justin Wise and the Team at Monk Development. As Gerry and I were talking, I wanted to write down everything he said about… uh… everything. But when Gerry talked about boundaries [...]
Last week, I reached out to the artistic/creative community. My company (Floodgate Productions) needed some creative branding help. You can read about it here. The campaign name will be THE INCREASE. The winning name was submitted by Travis Paulding, the Tech and Production Director at St. Simons Community Church. The campaign website will be: TheIncrease.org. [...]
I explore the intersection where Christianity, creativity, and leadership converge. I wrote a book about that intersection called PURSUING CHRIST. CREATING ART.
