Creativism

I think that creating is an intrinsic part of spirituality.

The verse "faith without works is dead" always threw me for a loop, especially when I would debate my Mormon counterparts when I was an idealistic evangelical teen.

However, replace "works" with "creating", and I have to agree.

Spectator faith is dead faith. We must be creating: relationships, pictures, paintings, music, laughter, peace, bacon, sanctuary, welcome, homes, prosperity, innovation, curiosity, success.

As I type, I am thinking of different people who create these things in their everyday lives, and as a true offering of the heart.

There is no way to be a healthy and functioning individual without pouring yourself into something inherently creative.

Creativity is central to the realness of what happens at Atlas, and I'm determined to continue exploring this "Christian Creativism", because there is something true in there that I haven't ever seen before.