Blog, Drawn In, Episode 4
The first thing I heard when my clock radio went off last Friday was an NPR reporter citing research that concludes that the most important aspect of being an entrepreneur is listening. “How fitting,” I thought, as I anticipated Sunday’s Darkwood Brew topic … on...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 4
One of the ironies of my avocation of birdwatching is that most hardcore birders will not list sight as the most critical sense needed to identify a bird to species. In the vast majority of cases, hearing is the reason a bird is noticed and the way it is identified. ...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 3
Have you ever played with a water snake wigglie? OK, so I didn’t know what to call it either until I did an Internet search. It is a plastic tube filled with liquid that folds in on itself. That means that the more you squeeze it, the more it squirts away...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 2
There’s a scene in the film Pirates of the Caribbean where Elizabeth Swan, who plays Miss Turner, is confronted by a dead pirate named Hector Barbossa who tells her, “You best start believin’ in ghost stories Miss Turner. You’re in one!” Last week we explored what...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 2
Fellow DWB blogger, Margaret McGrath (sorry if you were going to blog on this Margaret) has this wonderful expression to describe the crazy lusting that too many of us indulge in, life porn. Whether you have sought after it or not, you are sure to recognize it all...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 1
In the last post, I promised to give you my best take on how we go about living GOD’S dream in the world rather than merely expecting God to live within ours. Actually living within God’s dream is closely related to living our own – as long as we understand that...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 1
Do the words “fun,” “deep,” “creative,” and “God” go together in your mind – or in your life? If not, then you may take a particular interest in our new Darkwood Brew series, “Drawn IN: Living OUT the Creative Life with God.” You may also be interested if...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 1
If you saw a bush burning in the wilderness chances are that you would either a) Note it and move along or b) Turn away and move to a safer location. But then you and I aren’t Moses. Perhaps Moses had seen the bush burning the previous day or perhaps for days on...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 1
Creativity does not seem to be a human generated power. Ask any artist, any creative programmer or athlete as to where their creativity comes from, and they start to sound a lot like a theologian… Creativity is the secular word for what Christians call the Holy...
