by admin | Mar 8, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
I hate the feeling that comes over me when it feels like someone cares more about my “stuff” than I do. The reality is, it is usually not true, but often the pace we run creates opportunity for our attention to get thin. When we have thin attention we are...
by admin | Mar 7, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
There are few things in the world more fragile than the psyche of creative people. The truth is fragility is not just isolated to the artist; everyone – at some time or another – has battled doubt, the feeling of inadequacy, and the fear of not...
by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Even the most creative people in the world find times when they’re “running on empty”. Some people call it a creative block, but the reality is it’s a time when we’re empty and need to be filled back up. It’s rare that we have the...
by admin | Feb 29, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
Do you ever feel the pressure of creativity? The pressure to have great ideas always on call? The pressure to have unique answers for the problems that exist in our organizations? The pressure to produce better work with every project? Creativity is a unique gift, but...
by admin | Feb 21, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
Photo Props: Part of being on a never ending quest to learn forces us to sometimes admit when we are wrong. I have said repeatedly that as our lives get busier and busier, we have to schedule time to create. I have believed this rule and even have followed it in my...
by admin | Feb 17, 2012 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity, Uncategorized
Great artists and creative people understand the power of the “creative instinct” – that sick, gnawing feeling we have when we know something is very right or very wrong. The only way to develop our instincts is to continue to trust them, regardless...