Five Days to Fuse Your Creativity and Theology Together
Plus, 5 things worth sharing this week.
Hey Crashers,
Over the past week, we’ve been talking with creatives, worshippers, and ideators - brilliant minds who dream and create for the glory of God. They lead worship tours (shout out to Steven Pippet), build church communities (we see you Hope Adams, Mark Harris, Daniel Gonzales, Abby, and Tanner Lee), write songs (Reuben Morgan, Ben Fielding, Lauren, and Ross Tyler), design art (Bel Litchfield), and photograph splendor (yes that is you, River Bennet and Rod Long). In their reflections, we have seen the Divine spark that fuses their creativity with their theology, which got us thinking - How can we help you do the same?
So, in our long-form content this week, we've crafted a five-day guide to help you fuse your theology of creativity with your theology of God. It's a workbook (of sorts) to help guide your reflections.
Over dinner tonight, some creative friends shared how nature inspires them and how they sense heaven, meeting earth in moments of beauty. Their reflections have sparked new ideas as we put this guide together. So take a deep breath this week and be ready for the Holy Spirit to minister to you and infuse you with a new creative life.
Grace and Peace,
Cass & Rich
In today’s issue:
Worship round tables,
A catholic monk,
Lessons from a master artisan,
and more…
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A WORSHIP ROUND TABLE from the team at CREATR. With over 100 years of ministry experience between them, join Darlene Zschech, Darrell Johnson, Reuben Morgan, and Brooke Ligertwood for a helpful and insightful conversation - this is paid content, but worth the investment. LINK
WHY THEOLOGY IS IMPORTANT TO ARTISTS. Okay, before you get upset about this being Catholic and from a monk - we can learn a lot from listening widely across the Christian tradition. There is always something to be gleaned from people who think differently from you - allow the reverence, beauty, and holiness of this to inspire you today. LINK
BROKEN INTO BEAUTIFUL. The title alone should be enough to make you want to click on this one - isn’t this what art does so often - I read a quote this week that said, “Art isn’t a mirror held up to reality - but a hammer with which to shape it” - in that case … this feels like a hammer. LINK
ART AND THE BIBLE. "The Lordship of Christ should include an interest in the arts," writes Francis Schaeffer. "A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God." Join Francis Schaeffer for an insightful journey around Art and the Scriptures. LINK
MAKING AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE. If at the center of reality is a God whose love is a generative, creative force, how do humans made in God’s image begin to reflect this beauty and love in a world rent by brokenness and ugliness? As Mako argues on this podcast, it’s in the act of making that we can experience the depth of God’s being and grace - an integral part of our humanity. LINK
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5 Days to Fusing Your Theology and Creativity Together
Welcome to this week's journal - which quite literally is … “a journal” - this is designed to be a workbook - print it off, write the questions out and, put them in your studio space, ponder them as you create. We invite you to slow down this week. Read one of these reflections each day, ask yourself the questions, and let yourself be inspired by the great artisans, craftsmen, and women who have gone before you. Most of all, invite the ultimate Creator—the Holy Spirit—to stir your creativity anew.