In Season 2, Episode 2, we’re talking about how to actually start encountering God through your creative practice.
You may hear me and others talk about connecting with God through creativity and it sounds like a great idea, but there’s this gap between the idea of it and making it something you personally experience. Something I’ve found helpful is learning about altars and how our creative practice can become an altar of encounter with the Lord.
So in this episode we’re exploring:
What actually is spiritual formation.
How God shapes us through our creative work.
The transformation I’ve seen in my soul as I create with Jesus.
I hope this episode inspires you to keep exploring how the projects and creative practices Jesus is drawing you into may also be the way he’s refining and healing you.
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In season 2, we’re talking about the connection between creativity and spiritual formation.
So in this episode we’re exploring:
What actually is spiritual formation.
How God shapes us through our creative work.
The transformation I’ve seen in my soul as I create with Jesus.
After listening, try reflecting on these questions:
I hope this episode inspires you to keep exploring how the projects and creative practices Jesus is drawing you into may also be the way he’s refining and healing you.
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In episode 8 we’re talking about the abiding creative life.
In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about what it looks like to be an abiding creative. I’m going to share about the importance of caring for your creative soul and some of the practical steps I’ve taken to consistently create from this space of abiding in Jesus.
In this episode we’re exploring:
How you live impacts what you create.
What are some ways Jesus calls us to create.
How caring for your creative soul transforms your creativity.
After listening, try reflecting on these questions:
What does it mean to you to be an abiding creative?
What do you know deep down you need in order to flourish in your creativity?
How might Jesus be inviting you to care for your creative soul in this season?
I hope this episode inspires you to start to consider what rhythms and steps you might be sensing the Lord inviting you to take to become an abiding creative.
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In episode 7 we’re talking about creative blocks.
We’re going to talk about what to do when you hit a creative block and how it may actually be an invitation to deeper healing and greater creativity. I’m going to share about the kinds of blocks we often face as creatives and what we can do to actually work through them while abiding in Jesus.
So in this episode we’re exploring:
What’s really underneath our creative blocks.
How Jesus wants to speak to us through them.
The practical spiritual steps we can take when we hit a block.
After listening, try reflecting on these questions:
Where are you feeling blocked in your creative work right now?
What’s your typical response to creative blocks?
How might Jesus be inviting you to bring this creative block to him?
I hope this episode inspires you to see your creative blocks in a new light and encourages you to bring them to Jesus for your transformation.
Want to dive deeper?
Join our Substack community and get:
🕊️ Prompts, practices and resources to care for your creative soul
🌱 Friendships with like-minded creatives for encouragement + accountability
🎙️ Opportunities to share your story and showcase your creative work
In episode 6 we’re talking about surrender and trust in creating with Jesus.
What does creating with Jesus really look like and how is it different than how the world teaches us to create? I want to share some revelations I’ve had recently about creating with Jesus and be honest about the unique challenges this way of creating can hold.
In this episode, we’re exploring:
Why we create and work the way we do.
How trusting Jesus on the creative path is both terrifying and beautiful.
What steps to take if it feels like God isn’t showing you the full creative vision.
After listening, try reflecting on these questions:
1. From who have you learned to work and create?
2. When do you struggle to let go of the map?
3. How might Jesus be inviting you into deeper intimacy with him in this season?
I hope this conversation encourages you to grow in your intimacy with Jesus and allow him to carefully shape your unique creative path.
Want to dive deeper?
Join our Substack community and get:
🕊️ Prompts, practices and resources to care for your creative soul
🌱 Friendships with like-minded creatives for encouragement + accountability
🎙️ Opportunities to share your story and showcase your creative work
In episode 5 we’re talking about being a faithful creative mess.
Because this creative life has no linear path, and there are many moments we face where we feel scatter-brained, lost, confused, and anything but put together. But when I started to understand God’s creative nature, I found so much freedom to show up just as I was, mess and all.
In this episode, we explore:
What makes it hard to be honest about our messes.
How God’s creativity shows up in the messiest parts of us and our world.
Why we need more creatives bravely sharing the messy stuff.
After listening, try reflecting on these questions:
Where do you feel like a creative mess?
How might Jesus want to meet you in your messiness?
What might Jesus be wanting to create out of those broken, raw parts of your heart and life?
I hope this conversation helps you understand God’s creative heart and encourages you to embrace the imperfect, uncharted creative path he has you on.
Want to dive deeper?
Join our Substack community and get:
🕊️ Prompts, practices and resources to care for your creative soul
🌱 Friendships with like-minded creatives for encouragement + accountability
🎙️ Opportunities to share your story and showcase your creative work
In episode 4 we’re talking about how performance mindset impacts your creativity. So much of our culture is driven by performance these days, and maybe you like me have started to feel its negative affects on your creativity.
In this episode, we explore:
What performance mindset is and where it comes from.
How performance distorts and stifles your unique creative calling.
Why letting go of the masks we hold is essential to experience Jesus’s love.
After listening, try reflecting on these questions:
In what ways is performance showing up in your life?
How is performance shaping your creativity?
What do you sense Jesus wanting to remind you about your creative identity?
I hope this conversation helps you understand God’s heart for your creativity and how he might be inviting you to embrace your true identity in him as you live out your creative calling.
Want to dive deeper?
Join our Substack community and get:
🕊️ Prompts, practices and resources to care for your creative soul
🌱 Friendships with like-minded creatives for encouragement + accountability
🎙️ Opportunities to share your story and showcase your creative work
In episode 3 we’re talking about why you feel stuck in striving.
I’m going to share my experience of realizing how I was secretly creating from striving for years, and what began to bring about freedom and lasting change.
In this episode, we explore:
What’s at the root of your striving.
How getting curious about your fear can lead to healing.
Why Jesus’s presence is vital to unraveling from striving.
After listening, try reflecting on these questions:
What are you striving for?
How is striving impacting your creativity?
What step might Jesus be inviting you to take to let go of striving?
I hope this conversation encourages you to explore the roots of your striving and begin to invite Jesus to heal you.
Want to dive deeper?
Join our Substack community and get:
🕊️ Prompts, practices and resources to care for your creative soul
🌱 Friendships with like-minded creatives for encouragement + accountability
🎙️ Opportunities to share your story and showcase your creative work
In episode 2 we’re diving deep into abiding and what it means for us creatives.
We're talking about:
The misconceptions about abiding (what it is and what it’s not).
Why abiding is essential to the flourishing creative life.
The creative fruit that comes from abiding in Jesus.
I hope this conversation inspires you to envision what creating from abiding in Jesus can look like for you.
After listening, try reflecting on these questions:
Where are you abiding in this season?
How is that place you’re abiding in impacting your creativity?
What might Jesus be inviting you to consider about abiding in him?
Want to dive deeper?
Join our Substack community and get:
🕊️ Prompts, practices and resources to care for your creative soul
🌱 Friendships with like-minded creatives for encouragement + accountability
🎙️ Opportunities to share your story and showcase your creative work
In this episode we’re talking about:
- Discovering why you were created to create.
- How wilderness seasons can clarify your creative purpose.
- Why we need to learn to abide in order to flourish as creatives.
When I invited Jesus into my creative practice five years ago, I didn’t know what to expect. I’m so amazed at the transformation he’s brought, and I know he’ll do the same for you.
After listening, try reflecting on these questions:
1. Where do you long to see renewal in your heart and life?
2. How might God be wanting to connect with and transform you through you creative practice?
Want to dive deeper?
Join our Substack community and get:
🕊️ Prompts, practices and resources to care for your creative soul
🌱 Friendships with like-minded creatives for encouragement + accountability
🎙️ Opportunities to share your story and showcase your creative work