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Creativity and Divine Surprise

Creativity and Divine Surprise

Finding the Place of Your Resurrection  

by Karla M. Kincannon
Paperback
Creativity Spiritual Practice

Deepen your relationship with God as you discover your God-given gift of creativity. Creativity is usually defined narrowly and associated only with artists or children.

"Creativity is so much more than art making," writes Kincannon. "It is a tool for navigating through everyday experiences to find the sacred in each God-given moment. Those who believe they lack creativity have relegated it to remote regions of their life, burying it under the need for security, approval, and control. However,…creativity does not die; it simply waits to be unearthed and set free."

Creativity and Divine Surprise couples insightful meditations with thoughtful exercises that will help you celebrate your divine spark and connect with God. Can't draw a straight line? Color-blind? No worries. If you yearn for God and desire greater awareness of God's presence in your life, you're ready for this book.

Through Kincannon's words, you'll see creativity as a source of revelation, joy, healing, and fulfillment, and we all need those things. Ready to dance, draw, paint, take pictures—masterpieces or not? Let the Creator work in you through your creativity, so that you become God's masterpiece.

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-8358-9812-6
Publisher: The Upper Room
Imprint: Upper Room Books
Publication Date: 08/01/2005
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 8.5000 x 5.2500 x 0.4730

Karla Kincannon is an artist, author, and affiliate faculty member at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. She is the founder of SpiritArt Ministries and the author of Creativity and Divine Surprise. Karla believes God's gift of creativity, given to each of us, is an essential tool for the spiritual journey. She invites you to live the creative life God intends.


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"Karla Kincannon invites us to know ourselves as spiritual pilgrims and artists. Through stories, reflections and practical exercises she shows us how to be more available for encounters with ourselves, the world, and God. The Creator endows each of us with creativity that is a source of revelation, joy, healing, and fulfillment. Prepare to have your senses attuned to the Holy in all things."

— Luther E. Smith Jr. Ph.D.
Professor of Church and Community
Candler School of Theology, Emory University

"Reading this book, I felt I was receiving measured spiritual direction from a skilled and compassionate guide. The author's notes of humor frequently caught me taking myself too seriously. After trying just a few of Karla's rich tapestry of exercises, I'm eager to test more creative processes that yield greater awareness of both myself and the divine Presence."

— Marjorie Thompson
Author of Family The Forming Center

"Creativity and Divine Surprise makes the case that all are gifted with creativity. As we follow a disciplined practice of seeking this gift, it will be revealed in surprising and wonderful ways."

— Rueben Job
Bishop, The United Methodist Church, and
Author of A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God


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