if you have been following this space or my facebook or twitter over the past week you have seen or participated in the conversation of how creativity and art parallel with the church. through this discussion i had a great online conversation with a good friend and former student of mine who is an incredible artist. i will spare you the great conversation, but she said something at the end of it that has resonated so true in my mind and soul as i wrapped my mind around this topic to teach. she said, "Every child is an artist until someone tells them they aren’t. I think adults are scared to be as creative as kids are.” i have read this statement and quoted it probably a dozen times in the last two days as i have prepared and taught on this topic. i think what disturbs me about this quote is that it is more than true in most peoples lives. at some point in life we were told either directly or indirectly that we are not creative. the problem i have with us saying that we are not … [Read more...]

welcome to the first friday five. today as i sit and think about the past four days prior, it hit me that just about each week there are at least five things that i have loved from my week. so, with that said here is my friday 5. 1. loved working in the yard this week and the fact that it has been in the 80's all week. we are trying to get our garden and yard back in shape for this year. nothing better than having the whole family outside for some good ole' quality time. 2. loved playing guitar and helping lead worship a couple times this week. being that i am a drummer at my core, getting to play more guitar has been a fun creative outlet as of late. hope i get better, but like that i can hold my own just a little bit this week. 3. loved our community group this week. we are continually surrounded by people that we love and genuinely love us. i am blown away by the love and trust that we share with this gr0up of people. side note: happy 10th anniversary to chris and elisa … [Read more...]