creativity and art

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  how is your environment impacting you? [a @thehighcalling photoplay]

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  Rust. That’s the focus of the current PhotoPlay at The High Calling. In basic terms, rust happens when iron and oxygen react to each other in the presence of water or air moisture. The crazy thing about it is that iron is relatively unaffected when by pure water or dry air. While [...]
   
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  10 ways pain can help us tell story better

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  Pain is ‘painful’ and mostly not desired but a lot of people are always affected one way or the other by it and creators of art aren’t always left out. And some say that a creator (a writer especially) has more to create when the person has experienced  a lot [...]
   
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  my history [five images for @thehighcalling photoplay]

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  History is important. We can learn so much from it. So when I saw that the theme for The High Calling’s latest PhotoPlay was sharing images that represent our past I was excited to take a look at my own personal history. I was excited to see what I could [...]
   
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  on ‘untitled: thoughts on the creative process’ [an interview with @blainehogan]

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  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat there staring at a blinking cursor. It’s not like I’ve run out of ideas. I can talk about anything. But sometimes looking at a blank page is just intimidating. I don’t know if it’s the expectation that comes with a full-page, [...]
   
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  on the creative collective [an interview with @blainehogan]

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  I think the word is synergy. It’s the idea that the result is greater than the sum of its parts. In other words, one plus one equals three (or four, or five). That’s a pretty powerful concept if you really think about it. An idea like this really emphasizes the [...]
   
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  on creativity for every Christian [an interview with @blainehogan]

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  One theme that I’ve seen pop up over and over around here is this idea of the importance of community in the church. I’ve been thinking about how the church has become very focused on the ‘anointing’ of specific individuals as it relates to our spiritual growth. As a result, we [...]
   
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  how churches can be creative [an interview with @blainehogan]

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  Not every church can have a Blaine Hogan on staff. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t implement a creative vision like his in your church. In part two of this five-part interview with Blaine, we take a look at some of the things that the average church can do [...]
   
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  [creative matters] chapter five: further thoughts from the front lines

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  In collecting these quotes, the overarching theme of chapter five began to take shape in my mind. As artists, as creatives, as innovative thinkers, we have the responsibility and duty and joy to influence the Church, by reminding her who she’s been, who she is, and who she is becoming. [...]
   
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  [creative matters] chapter four: resisting resistance

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  Call Me Glinda: Tension and Relief for Successful Work Teams This past weekend I saw the broadway show Wicked. It was a hilarious re-envisioning of the Oz story, centered on the bond between two unlikely friends: Elphaba and Glinda. They couldn’t have been more different. Elphaba was unpopular, brunette, and [...]
   
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  [creative matters] chapter three: getting to work

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  5 Lessons From Hackers To IgNiTe Your Creativity It is a Monday morning and sun dapples against my cheeks as I make my way down the cobbled streets of downtown Dublin. Temple Bar is a collection of alleyways that hide and boast in equal measure the creatives and addicts of [...]
   
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  [creative matters] chapter two: bring on the blank canvas

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  This chapter features some of my favorite creatives and thinkers — people like Lisa Gungor and Blaine Hogan. I couldn’t do this chapter justice by writing a typical, rote review of the topics broached in it. It wouldn’t do it justice. Instead, I’ve opted for sharing what I’ve taken away [...]