Creativity
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Here’s What Creative People Need to Know About Leonardo da Vinci
Right now, Leonardo da Vinci is hot. My wife and I just returned from Washington, DC where the National Gallery is showing his only painting publicly on display in the United States – a portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci. A new biography is available by Walter Isaacson who wrote the highly regarded biography of Steve […]
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Flash Marketing – How New Restaurants (and Churches) Get Noticed
I was speaking at a pastor’s conference recently and a pastor from Miami had a great question: “How do certain trendy restaurants open up and become what seems to be an instant success? Almost immediately, celebrities are standing in line to get in the door. How do they do that?” He wondered if the same […]
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The Key Difference Between Success and Failure
My wife Kathleen and I had the opportunity to meet with Tina Konkin recently. She’s an internationally known speaker, counselor, and coach on the subject of relationships. As a result, she’s been on major networks, spoken at national conferences, and helped thousands of couples heal broken relationships. We were discussing some potential television projects with […]
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Want To Be More Creative? Start Acting Like Children
There’s a million books, articles, and blog posts on how to be more creative. For the record, I believe strongly that it’s not something you’re born with or without, it’s like a muscle you develop. The problem is, far too many people believe (wrongly) that they’re just not creative, so they never spend any time […]
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Why the Oscars should matter to Christians
As I watched the Oscars just recently, I was highly motivated and inspired. In this one room was probably the top creative people in the world. And not just the household names that grace the big screen, but the people sitting in the various levels behind them who write the scripts, produce the movies, edit […]
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Have we lost the ability to just… think?
Have you heard this little saying at any time: ‘I saw a guy today at Starbucks. He had no smartphone, tablet or laptop. He just sat there drinking his coffee. Like a psychopath.’ I laughed when I first read it. And then just today I saw it happen first hand. In fact it was a […]
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The top 14 most hilarious Christian memes
According to Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, “A joyful heart is good medicine.” Proverbs 17:22. And we are grateful to the internet for the endless amount of humor (via memes) that it provides. Here are the The Top 14 Most Hilarious Christian Memes: (Maybe) 1. All Time Favorite 2. Funny Creep 3. Seen it 4. […]