The last few years I've wanted to be more imaginative, more creative. I bought some art supplies and fiddle around with them, daring not to try to create people or scenes, just following my heart and what feels good. I don't want to "try" I just want to "be." Now with a 7 week old daughter I have society's "excuse" to be silly in public or make up rhyming songs. I found myself the other day making up a story from scratch to tell Sophia. Even though she was my only audience it felt very freeing to make up a story, with whatever came to mind, and not be judged by it or not to judge it myself-- just to tell it.
Some of my favorite preachers, like Barbara Brown Taylor are so creative. She keeps the Bible in 3D, so that the words and the stories, the plots and the people don't fall flat. I want to know the Bible so well that I can see through and below and in and around the text to reveal parts of the story that need to not just be told but held. So I am reading a Barbara Brown Taylor sermon every day, hence reading the Bible every day and taking notes. And I'm praying not so much to be like her, but opening myself up so God can help me be more like me!
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