My dad is finally over the hump. He’s still in the hospital for the next few days, but much stronger today. Thank you again for your prayers.
I haven’t had a lot of energy to do much deep thinking lately. When I’m at that place, I tend to go look for inspiration from others who have had energy to do deep thinking. I found some yesterday in this video:
With a five year old just ready to start school, it caught my attention. When I was in the corporate world, I taught others about how the brain works and how they could maximize their thinking and creativity skills. I also believe we lose much of our ability to be creative when we are initiated into the school system.Today I’m looking at this not necessarily from the corporate perspective, but from a church perspective. It seems to me that the Church of the United States needs a creative revolution to break out of the bonds of what enslaves us. It seems like we are stuck on the isle of “sameness”. Somewhere along the lines so many of us subscribe to the belief that the ideal Christian has a nice house, nice cars, a nice family, a good job, a solid retirement nest-egg, and a comfortable lifestyle. It seems to me that many churches put a lot of energy toward getting us all to that same place.
I’m not saying this is anti-Christian. I’m saying that I don’t believe this is God’s ultimate goal for us. I believe God is much more interested in using His incredible creativity to reveal our giftedness He created in us. I think He is more concerned with our relationship with Him and with others than He is our portfolio. And ultimately He is interested in helping us live out His dream for our lives rather than our American Dream.
Right now, I don’t have very many ideas on what needs to be changed. But, I wonder what it would be like if our focus was on how to allow God to creatively reveal His vast creativity through His creations…