I wrote a little on creativity yesterday. I didn’t focus on creativity in your work or in ministry on purpose. But if you want to live a new life, a creative life, a transformed life, then all the same tips apply.The toughest resistance is closest to home. My “style” of Christianity, spirituality, ministry or pastoring meets resistance from far and wide as well as close at hand. But it’s not so difficult to press on if I meet resistance from... Read more
Know you are creative. Everyone is creative in their own special way in their own special medium. I’ve met lots of people who believed they weren’t creative. I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t. Think outside the box. No idea is too outlandish! Do you want to reproduce the past or forge a new path? Are you going to keep doing what’s already been written about or will you do something that will be written about? The best creativity has something... Read more
I had a nap and had a dream. I am in a huge library… the kind with ladders and balconies. There are shelves of books… thousands of books. The shelves are assembled like a pyramid. Way up on the top shelf there is only one book. I am so curious that I make every effort to get to it because I know it is the most important book of all books. All the other books are subservient to that book.... Read more
Today I’m thinking about relationships because some of my relationships are changing and I don’t like it. But I’m afraid this is what community is about. True community must be a voluntary and uncoerced human union. On the positive side of this I promise incredible depth of intimacy and friendship. True loving relationships are formed, and it is a beautiful thing. On the negative side I promise that your heart will get broken. I’ve experienced this over and over again... Read more
I make people angry. I can’t help myself. It’s a gift. I think I know what it is. I’m convinced that we cannot change by increments. I mean the change that matters. Personally and corporately. If anyone is in Christ, behold, there is a new creation! Resurrection doesn’t happen gradually. We need radical transformation. I’ve kept a journal for over 20 years. I read entries from years ago, and guess what… I’m the same me. And it’s not for a... Read more
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