Creativity and the Work of Waiting

Creativity and the Work of Waiting

by | Advent, Writing

“Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot.”  -Dietrich Bonhoeffer   For the one who creates, waiting may be the hardest space to occupy during the creative...
The Comfort Zone of Habit

The Comfort Zone of Habit

by | Writing

Habits repeat themselves almost unconsciously. They feel comfortable, familiar: the usual way of doing things. I’m thankful for habits that help me breeze through the day. Truth be told, I pay little attention to my habits until something interrupts my way forward. My...
Blended Listening

Blended Listening

by | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices, Writing

Pondering how to draw near to God today, I notice three themes show up regularly in our latest conversations.  Breath prayer.  Lectio Divina.  Creativity. Lord, what are Your invitations for this day?  Be still, daughter. Listen.  I pause and I wonder.  As one who...

Found Poem: Words that Delight

by | Poetry, Writing

Who among us does not have dreams that this year will be different? It is not over,  this birthing. There are always newer skies into which God can throw stars. You enter the  extraordinary by way of the ordinary. In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Even a...
Cross Training for Creativity

Cross Training for Creativity

by | Writing

Any personal trainer will tell you that cross training is good for the body.  If you swim, walk. If you walk, lift weights. If you lift weights, run. If you run, swim. You get the drift. Muscles become familiar with the familiar, even a bit sedated, so switching it up...

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