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September 2026

September 18, 2026

Creatively Created Creatures Created to Create

In his amazing book The Artisan Soul, Erwin Raphael McManus refers to us humans by...

July 2026

July 17, 2026

The Pastor Who Paints: Reaching People Through Art

I'm a pastor and an itinerant artist/speaker who's ministered in about 350 venues in at...

June 2026

June 01, 2026

To AI or Not to AI: That Is the Question? AI in Creativity

The other day I saw a meme that urged people not to use AI for...

May 2026

May 29, 2026

Inactive: Where I’ve Been and Why It Matters to You

As I write this, I face a similar concern to that of most writers. Will...

December 2025

December 04, 2025

How Social is Social Media?

Author Michael Crichton asserted in his 2004 novel State of Fear that global warming was...

October 2025

October 14, 2025

The Simple Truth: SDG 

(I’ve started doing an online video devotional on YouTube called The Simple Truth. I wrote...

September 2025

September 06, 2025

Killing Creativity: What to Encourage, What to Oppose

Okay before you accuse me of sensationalism, stick with me, I have a point. There...

May 2025

May 09, 2025

Try New Things! It’s a Game Changer.

The old saying says, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” but I sometimes wonder if...

February 2025

February 21, 2025

Make Like Your Maker: A Look at Creation for Creatives

I am currently in the early stages of writing a book called Make Like Your...

February 17, 2025

Random Acts of Kindness for Christian Creatives

February 17 is Random Acts of Kindness Day. What better opportunity is there for Christians...

March 2024

March 21, 2024

Maundy Thursday: Jesus Illustrates Lent, Love and Leadership

In this season leading up to Easter, we often speak of Palm Sunday, Good Friday...

March 12, 2024

Why Use Your Gifts In Ministry? The 14th Row

If you go to the average church service, especially if you're not a musician or...

March 06, 2024

Imagination and Inspiration

If you're going to be a creative, few things are more important than imagination and...

February 2024

February 29, 2024

Motivation and Creative Ministry 

You have probably seen it because it's one of the oldest movie cliches in the...

February 26, 2024

The Penitent Thief, Hope in Hopelessness

If you really want to understand hope in hopelessness, you need look no further than...

February 19, 2024

What’s In a Name? The Meaning of Yeshua Hamaschiach

It might be a name you've not seen before, though many of you know exactly...

February 16, 2024

Turning Water to Wine, A Creative Approach

A question was posed, "Did Jesus really turn water into wine?" From. my perspective, this...

February 16, 2024

5 Ways to Use Your Artistic Talent in Outreach

...or how to use your artistic gifts to "draw them in." In a previous column,...

February 13, 2024

He Gets Us? Is This Creative Evangelism?

As you know, in this column we are all about creative ministry and so today...

February 08, 2024

9 Ways to Get to Serve Your Church With Your Gift

In this column, my purpose is two-fold. To help the church to embrace creative people...

February 07, 2024

9 Ways to Involve Visual Artists In Your Church Tomorrow

As you may have seen in my previous article, the entire course of my life...

February 06, 2024

Whatever Gifts: How My Imaginative Church Journey Began

The Origin Every great comic hero has an origin story, so why not me? My...

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