If God’s heart all along has been to shine a light to all nations, and if the intentions from that heart are for all people to fully experience the weight of His glory and His lavished intimacy (inasmuch as those are possible while we’re still
Emotionally sapped. Physically wiped. Excited. Disappointed. Energized. Fearful. Quicker to anger. Longer to grace. Loss of control. A little depressed. A little relieved. Tired. I’m not sure what you feel like as you labor through an artistic or creative endeavor, but the phrases above describe
The primary myth of creativity, as I see it, is any voice that makes any person believe that artists are the only truly creative people on the planet. As someone who’s an artist and who speaks to and from the middle of that Tribe, I confess
No intro needed here. Let’s get right to it. Now that I’m out of the day-to-day pastoral ministry pace, I feel like I can look back and see everything more clearly. Like WAY MORE clearly. And I see with extreme clarity the things I’d do
Church leaders and creative team leaders are always needing some Mother’s Day Service Programming inspiration. it’s always hard to envision special services, and Mother’s Day is especially difficult. How many different ways can we say, “We love you and we appreciate you?” While the words
Artists are bent toward pain and suffering and brokenness. Van Gogh cut off his own ear after an argument with a friend. Charles Dickens and Tennessee Williams suffered from clinical depression. So did Ernest Hemingway, Leo Tolstoy, and Virginia Woolf. Make no mistake – artists