The Creative Christian Blog
The Raw Power of my Identity in Christ
Awhile back I prayed a heartfelt prayer: "Lord, help me get over myself." God answered in a glorious way. The power came through many hours of Bible study, paging through most of the New Testament and compiling a list of life-changing verses as the Holy Spirit spoke...
I want to get over myself.
If you're a regular GeekFaither, you've probably noticed my resounding silence on the blog front lately. Yeah, I needed a break. Simply put, I was tired. Very, very tired. My emotional gas tank was hacking on fumes, my frustration levels were torqued into the red, and...
Clyde S. Kilby was a Christian Geek
You've probably never heard of Clyde S. Kilby, an English professor and renown Inkling scholar (specializing in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien). He went to glory in 1984, so most of us have never met him, which is too bad. Revered for his passion for imaginative...
Hobbits and heroes vs. the Calgary flood
This weekend our church has been engaged waist deep (figuratively speaking) serving evacuees from the life-boggling Calgary flood waters. Some 100,000 people have been displaced throughout the crisis, many of whom are still waiting to return home, unsure of what...
A Flow of Worship That Frees Your Heart
In the Old Testament, the Israelites stuck to a very clear order of worship based on the Old Testament temple system. It looked like so: The Old Testament Flow of Worship Worshippers began with "Songs of Ascent" as they walked up the hill into Jerusalem. These songs...
Picturing prayer
Lately I've been sharing game-changing tips about how to use your imagination to jump-start your faith. An imagination captured by God's revelation is a powerful tool. Let's apply it now to picturing prayer. Picturing prayer What's your picture of prayer? In other...
Use Imagination To Jump Start Your Prayer Life
Last week I posted a snippet from devotional giant Oswald Chambers, who encouraged us to use our imaginations to put ourselves before God. This week I'm going to show you how to do that. Imagination and prayer: Start with the WHO. First of all, the power and richness...
Oswald Chambers was a Geek
Oswald Chambers is a Geek? It's true! Here's a direct quote from Ozzy to prove it: "Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things. — Isaiah 40:26 The people of God in Isaiah’s day had starved their imagination by looking on the face of idols, and...
What would Jesus do? What is Jesus doing? Or something deeper?
WWJD, bruddas and sissas? Grab a bracelet and a bumper sticker and change the world. Personally, I'm glad that well-intentioned, mis-informed movement ran it's course. Blech. Morality-wise, it had it's merit. But... What would Jesus do, a generation was addled to...
Iron Man 3 Movie Review
I watched Iron Man 3 in 3D the other day. This was bombastic, over the top fun. A nobly constructed third outing, rising higher than the second instalment but lower on the podium than the bar-setting first film in the series. Right. But I realized something...
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