“In the beginning God created…”
How often do you think about God as creative? Creativity is one of the very first things that are revealed about God in the Bible. What does it mean to be created in the likeness of a creative God? Freestyle with me…
Genesis 1:1a: Creativity
Posted byDrew G. I. Hart, PhDPosted inBiblical Interpretation, Contextual, Freestyle, TheologyTags:bible, Christ, Christianity, God, Jesus, Missional, Religion, Spirituality, Theology
Published by Drew G. I. Hart, PhD
Rev. Dr. Drew G. I. Hart is an associate professor of theology at Messiah University and has 10 years of pastoral experience prior to teaching. He currently directs Messiah University's "Thriving Together: Congregations for Racial Justice" program and co-hosts Inverse Podcast with Jarrod McKenna, an award-winning peace activist from Australia. Hart is the author of Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism (2016) and Who Will Be A Witness?: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance (2020). And he is also a co-editor and contributor to the recently published book entitled Reparations and the Theological Disciplines: Prophetic Voices for Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair (Nov. 2023). Hart received bcmPEACE’s 2017 Peacemaker Award, the 2019 W.E.B. Du Bois Award in Harrisburg, PA, and most recently in December 2023 Life Esteem Ministries recognized him in Harrisburg with the Harambee Award for the Nguzo Saba Principle of Umoja—Unity for his faith-based activism and public scholarship in the community. Drew and his family live in Harrisburg, PA. View more posts
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To be created in the likeness of a creative God means that we are capable of infinite possibilities and infinite potential…..
your very request for freestyle on this thought is what best reflects the nature of creative creation….
I think it means that we can’t access who we really are until we tune into our creative center, and that it why art is about as important as things get. Can’t tap our creativity from our minds alone.