by admin | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Photo Credit: brian dettmer: textonomy The most powerful weapon that will keep us from achieving all God has intended for us is FEAR. Fear cripples our creative community. Fear is a monster who’s shadow is far bigger than her actual size. Fear speaks through the...
by admin | Feb 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking about this idea a lot. Honestly, it’s something that has come together over the course of several years working with amazing creative people. I think that healthy creative teams can’t have just one face or force driving them. I...
by admin | Feb 6, 2013 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
I believe that “creative ministry” is a unique type of creativity. Having worked both in the corporate world and in the church, I have found some very special nuances that I think are important to identify and explore. Obviously, there are probably...
by admin | Feb 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Traditionally, I am not a big fan of mnemonic devices. Usually they get a little cheesy. But the brilliant developer of the brainstorming tool THINKPAK, Michael Michalko, has created a device, SCAMMPERR that helps change the way we look at products, problems,...
by admin | Jan 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
In 1939 James Webb Young, an advertising executive created the “Technique for Producing Ideas.” While this list may be older than anyone reading this blog, the concepts are not only still relevant…they actually work. Every week in our churches we are...
by admin | Jan 29, 2013 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
Faith and creativity have a lot more in common than most would think. Both are important to how we live. Both require are core to the soul of who we are… Faith is the evidence of things unseen. Creativity is uncovering the unseen. Faith grows with work and is...