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Advent For Adventurers Day 9 – Oil of Joy for Mourning
Jesus gave me… “the oil of joy for mourning” (Isaiah 61:3 KJV) Joy is the atmosphere of Heaven. Streets of gold are made for dancing not dragging your feet. Delight…
Advent For Adventurers Day 8 – Beauty For Ashes
He gave me… “… beauty for ashes.” (Isaiah 61:3 KJV) My life was burning to the ground. The relationship I considered the great love of my life had crumbled. My…
Advent For Adventurers Day 7 – The Great Exchange
The glory of the gospel is the exchange that took place through the cross, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Christmas is a time we exchange gifts but nothing can compare…
Advent For Adventurers Day 6 – Follow the Star
“… behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the…
Advent for Adventurers Day 3 – Grateful Not Grasping
“My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden…” (Luke 1:46–48 KJV) Mary’s magnificent…
Advent for Adventurers Day 2 – Heaven Breaks In
As shepherds watched their flocks one of God’s most spectacular suddenlies happened! “That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep. Suddenly, an angel…
Advent For Adventurers – Day 1: God’s Poetry
The creative life is one of adventure. It seeks to cross the boundaries and discover fresh ways to communicate. The Christian creative connects with something (purpose) and someone (the Creator)…
Supernatural Strength In Joy
The desire to be happy is universal. The avenues to happiness are multiplicious. Yet the people who actually arrive at contentment station are few. Is happiness something we should strive…
It Takes Courage To Be Creative
Courage. I love that word. Just hearing it stirs fresh resolve in my spirit. Perhaps more than most, it is the sensitive, creative soul that is bombarded by doubt. As…
5 Beautiful Thoughts About Slowing Down and Discovering Your Gold
The first chapters of Genesis are a richly sown garden of revelation. Digging in with desire to discover more of God’s grace and character underneath the surface soils reveals endless…
5 Sexy Thoughts About Slowing Down And Trusting God For His Best
“And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him … And the LORD God caused…
5 Creative Prompts For a Peaceful and Productive Life
Limitless creative potential exists in the human heart filled with the Holy Ghost. His infinite indwelling lifts the lid on our little lives and makes them expansive in ways that…
5 More Slow Down and Smell The Roses Reasons To Create From Rest
There’s a tendency to think that everything depends on us. That the production and fruitfulness of our lives lean entirely on our efforts. I believe that there is a better…
5 Slow Thoughts To Sow Into Your Creative Soil
Continuing this series on slowing down, simplifying, and finding creative grace to produce without sweat, I offer you five more insights from the first chapter of Genesis. Do feel free…
Six Thoughts on Slowing Down and the Creative Life
I have no monumental story to tell. No brag to share about my previous breakneck life of speed and greed. No dramatic turnaround that transformed a speedaholic into an unhurried…
Do You Really Need Another Donkey? Tackling The Green-Eyed Beast of Envy
So I’m sat in local pub here in the small village of Hurst where I live writing a book about commitment to God’s purpose and prayer. In walk some shiny…
Write Your Book Already! 5 Keys To Get You Striking The Keys and Finally Finish Your Book
Don’t write a book, build your book. That’s my advice. Whether its a story you are weaving or a non-fiction book you are conceiving, KISS your reader and kill your…
Gr-attitude – 5 Practices That Will Change Your Altitude
Recognizing the grace and goodness of God in your life is a key skill to learn. I say “skill” and “learn” because an attitude of gratitude is intentional, not accidental.…
Shake Off The Shame
Blame says, “I did wrong.” Rightly understood, blame is not a bad thing. Accepting our part and confessing our sins is part of keeping the slate clean and walking in…
Grace To Create
God’s grace to create allows a constant flow to find its way to the page or the paper without the strain that often attends the process. The idea that the…
