“The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.”
“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.”
“When Christians criticize, carp, and complain but offer no alternatives, the world rolls its eyes, snickers, and moves on. It is really only when we offer a ‘more excellent way’ that we command or deserve much attention.”
“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.”
“When we make, we invoke the abundance of God’s world into the reality of scarcity all about us.”
“The bigger the change we hope for, the longer we must be willing to invest, work for, and wait for it.”
“If the opening chapters of Genesis portray God as a creative artist, then it only stands to reason that the people he made in his image will also be artists. Art is an imaginative activity, and in the act of creating, we reflect the mind of our Maker.”
“You have a masterpiece inside you, too, you know. One unlike any that has ever been created, or ever will be. And remember: If you go to your grave without painting your masterpiece, it will not get painted. No one else can paint it. Only you.”
“Your habits in the short term impact your calling in the long term.”
“…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”
