“Since we were made to glorify God, worship happens when someone is doing exactly what he or she was made to do.”

Andrew Peterson in Adorning the Dark

“You’re valid. Step up. Bring what you’ve got. Don’t you dare hold back. Not cringing back, not with arrogant pride, with sane humility bring your stuff. Other people need it.”

Jordan Raynor in Called to Create

“When we make, we invoke the abundance of God’s world into the reality of scarcity all about us.”

Makoto Fujimura in Art + Faith

“The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.”

Richard Foster in Celebration of Discipline

Play is an activity we engage in for its own sake—because we love it. Because it feels good. Because it brings us joy

M. H. Clark

“Self-deception is the enemy of wholeness because it prevents us from seeing ourselves as we really are. It covers up our lack of growth in the Spirit of the truthful One and keeps us from coming to terms with our real personalities.”

Brennan Manning in The Importance of Being Foolish

“But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious ones of working with paint or clay or words. Creativity is a way of living life, no matter our vocation or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the arts, or having some kind of important career.”

Madeleine L’Engle in Walking on Water

“If we are ever going to create anything beautiful, lasting, and worthwhile, it’s going to come from who we are when we are stripped of all our striving.”

CJ Casciotta in Get Weird

“…human creativity is supremely about sharing through the Spirit in the creative purpose of the Father as he draws all things to himself through his Son”

Jeremey Begbie in Voicing Creation’s Praise

“What do you think is the biggest waste of time?” “Comparing yourself to others”, said the mole.”

Charlie Mackesy in The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

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