Welcome to new leaf

I have discovered that human beings need to be creative. We were created to create. So a dream, a desire, a vision an imagination of mine has been to create a ministry or a platform rather for my creation….and so here is new leaf……

I have discovered that not creatively producing an output is the spiritual equivalent to not being able to go to the bathroom…..Yes, we can be spiritually constipated (Not pretty.) Just like when you’re physically constipated you cannot take in another morsel of food or drink, although nutrition has been dissipated, because what was taken in hasn’t gone out…there is no longer space for more. Drinking cranberry juice, eating bran flakes and bran muffins won’t solve creative constipation. You have to make something, write something, draw something, and play something, give something, help something, speak something, ____ something.

Think about it. It’s the theory of emptiness; if you never empty you never make room to fill. Imagine if every time you took a sip from a drink of water you tried to replace that sip in the cup? You would never satisfy your thirst. You’d always be busy pouring milliliters of water into a class, never satiating your appetite.

We do this in other areas of life all the time. We spend money only to work hurriedly to replace it, for fear of not having the same amount of money we had before we spent any. When relationships end we have a cadre of potential mates at the ready to put into rotation
So now I see my frustration as a result not of my children’s miss-behavior, nagging parents, a non-compliant wife, or direct dissatisfaction with my job but a result of my non-creatively productive life.

One of the most fulfilling times of my life was when I was in between jobs, not in school, and not actively working in ministry. All I would do during this time, besides buying and watching movies was write. This period of blogging had no real intent attached to it. I wasn’t shooting for inspiration or education of the blogosphere; I wasn’t doing a musical emphasis blog or photo blog I was just getting the words out of my heart, mind and spirit. As I arrived at seminary, had children, got a new job, got married, my creative outputs dwindle to zero. The business of life took over so when I wanted to write a sermon I struggled to get into the flow of creative energy.

We used to watch “Run’s house” and at the end of each show Reverend Run would send an inspirational text message to his friends and family members. I believe that when you are in line with your creative intention the words flow from your being. I look excitedly forward to producing inspirational thought provoking and challenging words that may help someone continue to turn over a new leaf in life.

Question: What’s your creative output? What do you enjoy doing? What do you do for a living?