Creativity and Art
Expressions from the Creative Source within us.
Related topics: Christian Music, For Reflection, Life of Worship, Spiritual Practice
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the #codexinstagramus initiative: a bible photography project
What if you could only use pictures to tell the story of the Gospel? I've been thinking a great deal about Luke, the writer of his Gospel and the Book of Acts. The influence of his writing is unquestionable. But one thing most people don't know about him is that he...
three musicians you should know
I'm trying to come down from a Frio River high after four days at Laity Lodge in the Hill Country of Texas with members of The High Calling. On second thought, I don't want to come down. I want to immerse myself in the sounds of running water and a crackling fire,...
for those who think you need to have creativity all figured out
I had an art teacher in elementary school named Mrs. Barnhorse. Actually that probably wasn’t her name, because Barnhorse? Really? But that’s how I remember it. She always took great care to explain our next art project, moving methodically through each step,...
you are a creative
Henri Matisse once said, "Creativity takes courage." Courage runs in short supply with me. I am much less brave outwardly, than I am in my own head. But like anything else, creativity can be practiced. It's like a muscle we have that when unused, turns slack. At...
things my mother never taught me
One day I’m going to write a book, my adult son Casey tells me. It’s going to be titled “Things My Mother Never Taught Me.“ That’s not comforting news to a mother like me who homeschooled her children from kindergarten through high school and prone to fear that she...
when fear rises
I wake with a headache and a stiff neck. I shiver in the breeze of the open window and pull the sheet up to my chin. I breathe a prayer for those out west who can barely breathe for the heat of the air, for those who can barely breathe for the heat of life,...
for when the noise drowns you out and you make an idol of your writing [again]
“I’m a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”--Mother Theresa I can get so lost in how low the number of readers are or so preoccupied with my own worries and fears--you know the ones-- What would this side think of...
when God smokes
I've started a new book. Well, I haven't exactly started to actually read it yet. Like starting at page one. I've been thumbing through it to decide if I really want to read a book with such a scandalous title as The God Who Smokes written by someone named...
all i have seen…
It’s hard work these days – with joints that flare and lungs that clog - to leave the comforts of home, so if you ask me why I’m compelled to push through the pain and hobble about with a camera, the short answer is this... For his invisible attributes, namely, his...
a fragrant offering
"O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, despair, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to Thy servant. Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own transgressions, and not to...
to see rightly
“…it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace…” Hebrews 13:9 (ESV) It’s barely light outside when we meet in the small dark room just outside the locked doors that lead to the hospital’s mental ward. Dressed in our student uniforms, from polished white...
the #ephesiansproject photo project
Pictures matter. I've felt for a long time here at BibleDude.net that the images we use are a very important part of the message we communicate. There's something that a visual element brings to the experience of a blog post that words cannot accomplish. Images...
nature photography and God’s character
He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them. Psalm 145:19 (ESV) It’s a mysterious and wonderful grace how God plants desires in our hearts we never could have imagined and how those desires are seeds that can grow into gifts...