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Always More, and Less is Best
As artists, we sometimes wrestle with the question of volume: how many CD’s to press, how many books to print, etc. I’d like to share a couple of encouragements on the difference between artistic output and publishing volume. The best way to think of it is to always aim for more creativity and output, but be very restrained and measured in your publishing volume.
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Created & Creating
Created & Creating, A Biblical Theology of Culture offers a road map for how every Christian can, and should, participate in creating culture. Written by William Edgar, a professor of apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Edgar often writes about music, particularly jazz. Not gonna lie. This book (properly) goes deep into theological reasons for engaging culture. As such, this is a take-your-time-and-think-about-it book. Here’s a passage… “For these reasons, though we do not yet see everything in subjection to our champion (Jesus), we understand by faith that he is leading the new humanity into a heavenly calling (Heb 3:1). The son is building a house far greater than…
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Off the cliff onto…
Creating something when you have skin in the game – when you are sacrificing something to do it – is like walking off a cliff onto a wide plank. As you go forward, the plank becomes a balance beam 4 inches wide and you get scared. Then the beam becomes a rope and you have to keep walking across to get to the other side, but you feel like you’re going to fall off any moment. The rope becomes string, then a thread. It turns dark, and you hope to heaven you can make it.
