Was meeting with a church leader the other day who ended our brainstorming conversation 
with "I've gotta go capture some of these ideas." The mental image of fluttering ideas scurrying away from him struck me funny.
Another friend was recently describing a young entrepreneur in L.A. who said his primary focus was "harvesting his creativity." Such a great image.
I love that God created our minds to produce ripe little creations that can be harvested and developed. Just like peach trees produce luscious fruit, God created our minds to be dream makers.
Question is ~ how's your production? Are you excited about what's coming to mind? Or are you going through the motions, living off somebody else's dreams and ideas?
"I have a dream..."
Posted by: TW | March 27, 2008 at 09:52 PM
Even an 8th grader thinks whiteboard is a cool idea
I am a Technology Education (shop)teacher in a public middle school school. I had this post pulled up on my computer and while one of my students was waiting for me to help him he read the post. He asked about it, so I told him what I know about you and about the whiteboard conference. I had to use an analogy so here goes. I told him (he's in 8th grade) that it would be like going to a meeting with the 8 best NFL coaches on and hearing their best plays, practice strategies and coaching stories, only you are doing this for churches.
His response was and I quote;
"holy crap, that's cool"
Saulnier
Posted by: Chris Saulnier | March 28, 2008 at 12:37 PM
In interacting with Mark Batterson's In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day I was floored by his comment that we need to be good stewards of our imaginations. Wow...not only do we GET to go after our dreams, it's a divine responsibility! He put those dreams there. Thanks for the post.
Oh, and congrats on your new position!
Posted by: Marla Saunders | April 01, 2008 at 06:05 PM