by admin | May 3, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
Creativity is a muscle. When we work it out, it gets stronger and when we fail to exercise it, we get weaker. The act of creating takes sweat and effort. A series of studies done on some of the most creative “geniuses” in history has identified a few...
by admin | May 3, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity
Photo Props: Part of the pressure of being someone who is creative is understanding timing. When is it time to share our new idea? When is it time to push for innovation? When is it time to impose new ideas, brands, concepts, and help create change? The sexy answer is...
by admin | May 2, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity
Photo Props With the pressure to create, we know when things are good – it’s an instinct. As time progresses, we start to settle. With each passing day, the timelines, work loads, pressures, and opinions pose the risk of taking over our instincts. Excuses...
by admin | May 1, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity
If we plan to create our best art, create community, create great experiences, or make connections, we have to be open. Open to differences. Open to people who don’t think like us. Open to people who don’t look like us. Open to people who don’t sound like us. Open to...
by admin | Apr 26, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
Photo Props: We’ve all made errors. As much as we hate to admit it, errors often lurk in our past attempting to keep us from creating our absolute best art. Novelist James Joyce once said: A man’s errors are his portals of discovery. In order to overcome...
by admin | Apr 25, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
Photo Props: Equity in an organization is so important. Creative teams can create all day long but if the rest of the organization does not trust them it does not matter. Further, when equity erodes, it creates a barrier between creators and the products they are...