I’m finished up a short sabbatical from my ministry obligations last night… Today, I’ll be in a meeting that will determine the calendar of my life until the end of 2010.
LVC does a Christmas event called Night in Bethlehem that has been our signature holiday outreach for the past 3 years. I wrote the dramatic scripts and direct the theatrical presentation, among other things…
The event is the most ambitious project that I’ve ever been connected with in church. It activates about 80% of the adults in the church for one capacity or another. It has been overseen by a volunteer project manager, our children’s pastor and myself every year… and we generally like each other again by February or March…
This year, we’ve recruited a few additional leaders and our first official meeting is today…
The rest that I’ve been able to capture the last four weeks has been really awesome and it has changed the way I view the Bethlehem project… Because, in all honesty, I’ve always seen Bethlehem as a roadblock to other projects that I’d like to dive into.
I’ve found a different perspective this year and I think that the key to that was taking a break.
Creativity and vision both rely heavily on having enough time and space to develop and propagate. In the hustle and bustle of my daily life, I have very little free mental time to create or cultivate vision. Bethlehem is a sort of creativity-eating monster, there is consistently a problem to solve or a question to answer… and the collaborative nature of the project consumes most of the energy that we have to be creative…
Taking a deep breath before the proverbial plunge has lots of advantages, primarily in allowing some time to envision the next big thing… something that I won’t have a chance to do again until after Christmas.
How do you make time for creativity and vision?
Hey guys!
