Hearing is one thing, but to listen with discernment is quite another. The ability to see inherent contradictions in something is evidence of discernment. A songwriter depicts… Read more “Thoughts on participation”
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Creativity is necessarily more than ideation
Creativity is popularly understood as the power of ideas. Those who have more and better (more relevant?) ideas are often associated with being more or “truly” creative.… Read more “Creativity is necessarily more than ideation”
Fields of Gold or Fields of God?
What’s it like to be God’s field, together with others, relying on and responding to the nurture of the Creator?
“How To Be Wise”: A Teacher Day’s Reflection
Not many people would willingly opt to drop out of a Harvard PhD in pursuit of serving people’s needs. I know of only one: J. Ellsworth Kalas.… Read more ““How To Be Wise”: A Teacher Day’s Reflection”
Living the Psalms: “Even though…I will.” Paraphrasing Psalm 23, verse 4 (Part 1). A 40-Day Spiritual Journey for Breakthrough Creativity, DAY 15
If we are going to suffer, then is it possible that we can we learn to suffer well? What can we learn from a turning point in the life of David, as he journeyed “through the valley of the shadow of death”?
What shall define us–fear or faith? A 40-Day Spiritual Journey for Breakthrough Creativity, DAY 14
Unrestrained fear masks reality. It forces us to fixate on that which is not true. And by doing so we may inevitably follow our fears rather than our hopes, and this ultimately will result in something much worse and much greater in scale than what COVID-19 can achieve on its own. The question therefore is: what fixates you?
Living the Psalms: A meditative re-flection on Psalm 23, verses 1-3. A 40-Day Spiritual Journey on Breakthrough Creativity, Day 13.
How does what you do shape your perspective of God?
The gravity of creativity. The buoyancy of grace.
Physically, we know that what goes up must come down. However, the spiritual reality of Cross Creativity is different–what goes down in Christ ultimately must rise up with Christ.
A 40-day Spiritual Journey for Breakthrough Creativity, Day 4 – The Perfection of Creativity or…
Creative perfection. Imagine that. After all, didn’t Jesus tell his disciples to “be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect?” However, is it really possible to be perfect in this world?
A 40-Day Spiritual Journey for Breakthrough Creativity, DAY 3…thoughts on the Creativity of the Cross
The unleavened creativity of Christ, of you and me, when we choose to share in it, is ultimately more powerful and true than the leavened creativity that seeks to retaliate, get angry, fight for what may be rightfully yours. Wait. Unleavened creativity endures.
