“You see, the essence of your role in the Kingdom is to simply submit your life to the Lordship of Christ, receive the good gifts He has for you and co-labor with the Holy Spirit to release the life of God wherever and however He shows you. The results are up to Him. You are simply called to be a faithful son or daughter in the process.” ~Matt Tommey, Creativity According to the Kingdom

“Responses to creation are the responses of an artist. That’s how art comes into being, when there’s a sudden excitement and exhilaration of spirit in simply observing and being part of that creation, seen in its daily detail and singularity. These are artists of faith, whose vocation is to be cocreators (or at least sub-creators) with God, and who see themselves as made in His image and doing His will by calling attention to the design and beauty and diversity and strength and contrast and complexity of the created universe, which is ultimately an expression of the person of God. The artist, then, becomes something of a prophet: the seer, the mouthpiece. The role of the artist is to call to attention. […] The artists– the prophets too– are called to this role: presenting pictures and models, words, and visions. They have a special calling-to recognize God’s creating hand, God’s storied art, God’s order.” ~Luci Shaw, Breath for the Bones