{"id":1216,"date":"2013-05-21T07:46:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T13:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/whiskeypreacher\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2013-05-21T07:46:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T13:46:04","slug":"creative-existence-part-2-pandoras-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/whiskeypreacher\/2013\/05\/creative-existence-part-2-pandoras-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Existence Part 2: Pandora&#8217;s Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/237\/2013\/05\/shae.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1197\" title=\"shae\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/237\/2013\/05\/shae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"201\"><\/a><br>\nGod is bigger than our ivory towers, dusty pews, and empty parking lots. Outside The Grey is a <strong><em>Made For Internet T.V.<\/em> <\/strong>series that focuses on creative ways for us to explore spirituality by redefining what sacred is outside the walls the institutional Christian Church. Creative people surround me (which I am profoundly thankful for) and this is a story to be shared, of creativity from someone in my inner circle: <a title=\"Shae Cottar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theshaeman.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shae Cottar<\/a> and his Journey InTo A Creative Existence. An inspiration to us all, this three-part interview maps out Shae\u2019s intriguing journey \u2014 from being a Southern Baptist Minister, to a charismatic worship leader, to a church planter, to an esoteric spiritual director, and to the launch of his business venture Creative Existence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/237\/2013\/05\/logo-name.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1196\" title=\"logo-name\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/237\/2013\/05\/logo-name.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"94\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/237\/2013\/05\/denise-bio-pic.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1198\" title=\"denise-bio-pic\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/237\/2013\/05\/denise-bio-pic-300x246.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\"><\/a><a title=\"Creative Existence\" href=\"http:\/\/creativeexistence.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Existence<\/a> is the brainchild of Shae and his business partner\/co-conspirator, Denise Hinson, who was recently featured on a TED Talk, \u201c<a title=\"Ted Talk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=cCf41RQNQw8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Helping Others Ignite Their Creativity<\/a>.\u201d According to Shae and Denise, Creative Existence\u2019s mission is this: \u201cTo inspire and create. To empower and engage. Creative Existence is involved in a full-blown conspiracy. We are fomenting a conspiracy to equip people to be who they were intended to be. We inspire people to create. We empower people to engage their full potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HZEiYAL3-dI?list=PLahVRZGCpkiIgR_GKT2kN7NIzhfHr2UaG\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/whiskeypreacher\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Outlaw Theology With The Whiskey Preacher<\/a> episodes are provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/sogomedia.tv\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sogo Media TV<\/a>.<\/center>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God is bigger than our ivory towers, dusty pews, and empty parking lots. Outside The Grey is a Made For Internet T.V. series that focuses on creative ways for us to explore spirituality by redefining what sacred is outside the walls the institutional Christian Church. 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