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...
by admin | Apr 23, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
Easter was two weeks ago. It feels like it was six months ago. I wanted to take a moment and share with you two of the elements from our Easter Celebration. This piece was an opener that rolled into “God Is Alive.” We shot this piece at Ocean Way studios...
by admin | Apr 18, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
Photo Props: Focus is where attention and work meet to create momentum. The mind of a creative person shifts and changes based on the intake of data and scenery. Focus can be hard to find sometimes. Alexander Graham Bell once said: “Concentrate all your thoughts...