THE WANDERING

Should we finally and fully give ourselves complete permission to embrace the uncertainty of The Wandering, simply because the wonder of life is discovered most fully in the wandering of life?

THE POEM OF GOD

If God’s heart all along has been to shine a light to all nations, and if the intentions from that heart are for all people to fully experience the weight of His glory and His lavished intimacy (inasmuch as those are possible while we’re still

THREE REASONS WHY CREATING ANYTHING IS SO DRAINING

Emotionally sapped. Physically wiped. Excited. Disappointed. Energized. Fearful. Quicker to anger. Longer to grace. Loss of control. A little depressed. A little relieved. Tired. I’m not sure what you feel like as you labor through an artistic or creative endeavor, but the phrases above describe

THE MYTH OF A CREATIVE CLASS

The primary myth of creativity, as I see it, is any voice that makes any person believe that artists are the only truly creative people on the planet. As someone who’s an artist and who speaks to and from the middle of that Tribe, I confess

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HAVE YOU EVER FELT WORTHLESS?

I have a friend who’s been married for 20 years or so. Both he and his wife are great people individually – they’re each highly successful vocationally, and they each have great and attractive personalities. But if you were to see them together – as