Esther Emery is a writer and a half, and I love reading her words. She also happens to be living her summer days in a yurt (like a tent), doing a sustainable-living adventure, in the middle of nowhere. With no electricity. She has amazing insights into what it really looks like to live the creative […]
Archive | Art and Story and Writing
The Unspectacular Holy Work of Writing {Christianity and creativity series}
16th July, 2013 7
Whenever Ed Cyzeswki talks about creativity, I listen up. His short book on creativity played a key part in shaping my thinking on creativity and Christianity, and at £0.77 is well worth investing in. He studied to be a pastor and is now a writer, and the author of several books. It’s great to have […]
Tattered: Redemptive Creativity {Christianity and Creativity series}
11th July, 2013 7
When I think of Leanne Penny, the word that comes to mind is ‘redemptive’. She has lived a painful story and her writing is filled with hard-won hope and light. I love that she is talking about the whole concept of redemptive art, as she really lives this out, and it is beautiful. Over to […]
What Being a PhD Student Taught Me about ‘Being Creative’: Reflections from a Former Artist
4th July, 2013 2
I met Sara Schumacher back when she was still an artist, before academic study lured her into Scotland’s cold reaches. She is one of the masterminds behind Transpositions, a whole website of rich resources on precisely this topic: Christianity and Creativity. She is not only a practitioner but an expert in this area, and I […]
Creativity Is {Christianity and Creativity series}
2nd July, 2013 7
I was introduced to Beth Morey through the Story 101 course. Beth has a heart for the hurting, and writes powerfully about fighting through the pain of the past. She is also a talented artist, and the creator of an online course, ‘Made’, starting in September, with four months of workshops, exercises and prompt specifically […]
How to write a book in four steps (According to Genesis 1)
26th June, 2013 30
I am writing a book. In my optimism and naivety, I thought it might be just like writing several blog posts, then binding them together. My method in writing blog posts is as follows: have a shower, have an idea, write it down flat-out, pause, consider, tweak – and voila! Chapter finished, onto the next […]
Knowing your muse: the process
18th June, 2013 14
Ever wondered about the process of creativity (which is to say, how I come up with my ideas for blogging)? Well. wonder no more! I explain all here, over at Elora’s place. Elora Nicole is the mastermind behind Story 101, the online writing course I’ve been doing, and it’s an honour to be over at […]
A Theology of Hair-curlers (Call to Creativity)
12th June, 2013 50
“So – I’ve been thinking about a theology of hair curlers recently – how are you?” It had been a while since I last had a friend round, and I had a whole lot of pent-up extrovert energy. I babbled like my young son: a mixture of dying to tell someone what I’d […]
