With today’s Kintsugi of the Soul* we are back at Goalcast with 12-year-old author, artist and motivational speaker Nyeeam “King Nahh” Hudson.
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Today’s Kintsugi of the Soul* is the powerful story of NHL hockey player Theo Fleury, as he shares his story of trauma and healing through writing and sharing his story with others. (Warning: the very beginning is a little graphic so if you are sensitive, you might want to skip the first minute or so.)
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #221 — Why Advent is Important to Artists
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“My encouragement to all artists of faith is to see every creative act you do during this Advent season as a breathtaking remembrance of God’s loving incarnation to us.” ~Manuel Luz Continue reading
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #217 — Ta-Nehisi Coates on Writing
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Bringing you a great video today with author, journalist, blogger and teacher Ta-Nehisi Coates from Creative Breathroughs by The Atlantic. It’s less than 4-minutes and worth the watch! Continue reading
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #193 — Imagine That
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October is National Book Month, so I’ll be posting links to books for creative Christians and artists all month!
Manuel Luz is the Creative Arts Pastor for Oak Hills Church in Folsom, California. I posted his blog, Adventures in Faith & Art early in the year.
He is also the author of Imagine That: Discovering Your Unique Role as a Christian Artist. Here’s more about this amazing resource:
Drawing from his experiences performing Mozart, playing “dive bars”, and leading worship and the arts in the church, author Manuel Luz seeks to answer the questions that artists often ask. Laced with humorous and sometimes poignant anecdotes, Imagine That is a thought-provoking journey through the convergence of art and faith. Luz has been a working musician, writer, pastor, and even amateur cartoonist for more than 40 years, and in Imagine That he lays out his case for a uniquely Christian approach to the vocation of artist, using theologically rich and artist-friendly language.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #180 — Books of Julia Cameron
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October is National Book Month so our focus for the rest of September and all of October is books for creatives, artists & worshipers.
So let’s kick off this focus with another post about Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way and founder of The Artist’s Way movement. According to her bio on her website:
Julia Cameron has been an active artist for more than thirty years. She is the author of thirty-seven books, fiction and nonfiction, including her bestselling works on the creative process: The Artist’s Way; Walking in This World; and Finding Water. Her work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages and has sold more than four million copies worldwide.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #164 — Writing Groups on Facebook
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It’s another Facebook Friday!! And we have two groups featured today!
Our first group is Christian Authors & Writers and has almost 16,000 members!! It is administered by Mark & Claudette Elliott. Continue reading
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #152 — Preface, Foreward, Prologue, Oh My!
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What’s the difference between a preface, a foreward and a prologue, you ask? Let’s ask Tamika Hall! I’ve referred you to Tamika earlier this year (check that out here) and I’m sending you there again to hear Tamika discuss the differences on her podcast:
Preface, Foreward, Prologue, Oh My!
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #116 — What is Creativity?
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Speaking on creativity, artist Sara Joseph states:
“If it flows as an outpouring of your walk with the Lord, creativity becomes an organic entity with the potential to explode into unforeseen territories. It is like dropping brilliantly colored ink into a sparkling lake, watching the ink spread and change unpredictably in hue and intensity as it catches the light. The Lord can turn your limited creativity into something far more than you could ever have imagined, the more time you spend with Him and the more you trust Him with it.”
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #102 — Creative Inspiration from Tamika Hall
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I connected you with Tamika Hall Ministries back in January with a devotional podcast on 1st Peter. Wanted to share another of her podcasts today: How to Write & Publish a Devotional. Continue reading
Create-A-Day, your daily dose of creativity, edition#101 — Advice for Struggling Writers
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In this wonderful article, Mic.com compiles 17 words of advice for struggling writers, from the famous writers who’ve been there. Advice in the form of quotes from the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Anne Lamott, Anton Chekhov, and Stephen King.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #97 — Brene Brown on Creativity
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Today I want to introduce you to Brené Brown, PhD. She is the author of not one, but two #1 New York Times Bestsellers: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (2012) and The Gifts of Imperfection (2010). Her TED Talk on vulnerability is one of the most watched of the TED Talks.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #96 — Christian Poets & Writers FB Group
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Today’s group is Christian Poets & Writers administered by Mary Harwell Sayler. It’s group description is as follows:
The CHRISTIAN POETS & WRITERS group exists to encourage each other in our Christian faith and improve our writing in all genres to draw readers to Christ and up-build the church in Jesus’ Name.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #92 — 100 Books on Worship
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Summer is fast approaching, and for those of you who look for books to read over the summer, have I got a resource for you!
Worship the Rock blog has compiled an extensive list of 100 Books on Worship. Although it’s geared towards worship leaders, there are many titles on this list for everyone! I can tell you as a worship leader myself, many of these are the books we would love our congregations to be reading right alongside us!
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #75 — Creative Writing Prompts
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Today’s post is for writers of all types: authors, bloggers, script writers, playwrights, songwriters.
Christian Creative Writers offers two sets of writing prompts to help get your creative juices flowing:
Christian Writing Prompts
Creative Writing Prompts
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #73 — Being Creative & Sustaining Creativity
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thecreativeepiphany.wordpress.com
The Creative Epiphany is the blog of artist Jo Ann Brown-Scott. I want to point you to two specific posts:
- First, Being Creative is a short post about her creative process. I love the candid and humorous way she goes about describing it.
- Second, The Creative Epiphany: Sustaining Creativity talks about Creativity’s fickle nature and her best friend Epiphany.
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #46 — Christian Entertainers FB Page
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Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #26 — Benefits of Journaling
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The first is an article by Rachel Grate from Art.Mic on the physical and emotional benefits of expressive writing: Continue reading
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #25 — Write to Done
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Mary Jaksch on Write to Done has two articles to help encourage the writer in you: Continue reading
Create-A-Day: your daily dose of creativity #24 — Prayer Journals
StandardNot only do I love how creatively this blog is designed, but the author Eren McKay gives lots of great ideas and practical resources for your journaling journey, as she discusses how to keep a prayer journal. She offers free printables and discusses why journaling is important for your life as a Christian and your study of God’s Word! Continue reading
Nurturing the Creative Spirit Within 