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I suppose it is possible to be a creative thief. Still, I tend to think of creativity in more positive, constructive terms. The creative person, like God, brings light where there is darkness. There are lots of ways to do this. In fact, I'd like to suggest this as a topic for parish small groups. What can any of us do to bring light into the darkness of daily life? --If someone angers you but you don't respond in kind, instead waiting a bit until you can respond calmly and constructively enter a conversation with the person, is that creative? This sort of ordinary, but self-possessed, action rearranges the elements of a situation so that something new and better can emerge. --Is it creative to seek out and foster the talents a child has, even though the talent you were hoping he might have is nowhere to be found? |
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On being co-creators with God
By Father Robert L. KinastCatholic News Service
The first attribute the Book of Genesis ascribes to God is creativity.
In the beginning there was only a formless wasteland covered by darkness. Then God created light, separated the waters, brought forth vegetation, made all kinds of living creatures and finally fashioned human beings in God's own image.
Parents are co-creators with God
By Mary Jo PedersenCatholic News Service
It's a picture worth a thousand words. A young mom, wrapped in a sleeping bag on the floor between two cribs, dozing with her hand on the back of one tiny sleeping twin boy. The twins were preemies and had arrived home with their weary mom and dad only two nights before. The twins took turns crying all night, and their parents took turns sleeping on the floor between them.
The short nights and long days of feedings and diaper changes, temperature taking and pacing are some of the human ways parents participate with God in the creation of new life. The love that conceives a child is only the beginning of the creative process. Parents perform countless acts of selfless care for their children as they grow from infants into self-sufficient young adults.
Guidelines for using words co-creatively with God
By Christopher Carstens, M.D.Catholic News Service
Speaking carefully considered words is a creative act.
Speaking is different from thinking. Spoken words enter the world and change it, even when nobody else hears them.
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 This Week's Discussion Point: Does sacrifice characterize your life -- sacrifice of time, money, interests? How so? |
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