last night, mark led us in talking about the creative act of the incarnation. i guess i've not really thought of the incarnation as something creative. i tend to define the creative with things like art, poetry, and music. but what if the definition of creativity is much broader than i've assumed it to be? what if creativity is community organizing? what if creativity is how one person approaches another with whom she's had some sort of difficult relationship? what if creativity is finding new and deeper ways in which to forgive? what if creativity is putting hard-earned money toward better uses? what if creativity is taking care of the earth? what if creativity is finding ways to pull in folks who've been left out? what if creativity is opening up hope-filled possibilities, everywhere you look?

if we have been formed in the image of God, and if God is a creative God, then it must follow that we, too, are creative. every single one of us. whether or not we can paint, rhyme, or sing. so what is it that we must do as a community to foster our creativity - alone and together? and what are ways the creative God is being born in us?

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