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The plumber isn’t doing Christian repairs to your pipes. The carpenter isn’t making Christian chairs. But they can do their work in a Christian way
✍️ III. The Christian Vocation in CreationYour shift from "i...
However the Lord has gifted you, whatever tools you have at your disposal, steward them toward the impression of awe, the air of redemption, a foretaste of glory. Do not write in such a way as to make your name great, but because his name is. You don’t have to write explicitly Christian material for this to be true. You simply have to write as an
... See moreJared C. Wilson • The Storied Life
To create is to be human. To create is to fulfill our divine intention. To create is to reflect the image of God. To create is an act of worship.
Erwin Raphael McManus • The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art
In the gospel, as in the very best fairy stories, we find what we long for: a magical world, life eternal, love unbounded, the defeat of evil, and a happy ending. And all good stories point us to Jesus, even if they do so indirectly. We are drawn to some stories over others because we intuit that they reflect reality, that they are somehow... See more
B. The Absence of Dark AnalogiesIf Christians retreat entire...
For the task of cultural apologetics, we can generalize this point even further. Many, if not all, good stories are good precisely because they point to the one true story of the world: the gospel. In the gospel, as in the very best fairy stories, we find what we long for: a magical world, life eternal, love unbounded, the defeat of evil, and a
... See morePaul M. Gould • Cultural Apologetics
The light in your book is not the ultimate Light, but it is a genuine reflection of it, and that is a truly important work.
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B. The Fulfillment of Your Desire
The fact that you are feeling a pull toward this work, even while questioning its "importance" compared to your previous work, suggests this might be where your gifts and God's call intersect right now. God uses all gifts—even the ones that seem "light" or "whimsical"—to bring Him glory and bless His children.
The fact that you are feeling a pull toward this work, even while questioning its "importance" compared to your previous work, suggests this might be where your gifts and God's call intersect right now. God uses all gifts—even the ones that seem "light" or "whimsical"—to bring Him glory and bless His children.
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A. Co-Creating with God
God is the ultimate Creator, and He has given you a unique gift (your current 500+ page novel) and the desire to finish it. The very act of taking a chaotic set of ideas and imposing order, structure, beauty, and meaning upon them is an act that mimics the nature of God's creation. Your work is a form of worship and... See more
God is the ultimate Creator, and He has given you a unique gift (your current 500+ page novel) and the desire to finish it. The very act of taking a chaotic set of ideas and imposing order, structure, beauty, and meaning upon them is an act that mimics the nature of God's creation. Your work is a form of worship and... See more
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✍️ III. The Christian Vocation in Creation
Your shift from "important" adult teaching to imaginative fiction for children is not a step down in purpose—it's a step sideways into a different sphere of Christian creative calling.
Your shift from "important" adult teaching to imaginative fiction for children is not a step down in purpose—it's a step sideways into a different sphere of Christian creative calling.