Book description
A brief invitation to all people to live creative lives. Stephen Roach is host of the Makers and Mystics podcast and founder of The Breath & the Clay creative arts movement takes the reader back to the initial creative acts of God at Creation and explores the implications of Adamā¦
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What if creativity was not a talent given to a chosen few, but an invitation extended to us all? What if the desire for beauty was not gratuitous in life, but central to our faith? Drawing upon the biblical account of Creation and the witness of a myriad of creative thinkers, this book asserts that all of usāfrom plumbers to painters and meteorologists to musiciansāwere made in the image of an imaginative God. In that light, Naming the AnimalsĀ encourages us to see creativity as an essential part of Godās design for partnership with humanity. This is a great introductionā¦
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