Approaching creativity as a form of spiritual practice, artist Benton breaks the creative process down into its most basic components and offers a fresh perspective on developing one's creative skills.

{Purse Size}Do you want to rejuvenate your ho-hum prayer time?Are you interested in prayer journaling but you don't know where to start?What do a burned-out career woman, a two-time stroke survivor and a stay at home mom all have in common? The desire for meaningful conversations with God in order to develop a deeper prayer life.The Creative Prayer Journal is not a blank page prayer journal to write your prayers. It is an interactive prayer journal for the woman who is burdened or bored with her regular routine of prayer. Through 21 easy to follow creative prayer ideas the author takes you through an inspirational journey to develop a richer and more rewarding prayer life.This Creative Prayer Journal includes:* 21 different daily prayer ideas or prayer prompts* A theme scripture for each day* Room on each page to write your prayer journal in the book* Access to a simple & short prayer study guide that corresponds with the book, including fun coloring pages¿¿¿ Do you already keep a prayer journal?Wonderful! You will love how this 21-Day Challenge introduces you to a different creative prayer prompt or idea each day.¿¿¿ You've never kept a prayer journal?Great! These ideas will introduce you to 21 different ways to create meaningful conversations with God. You'll go beyond the usual prayer item list.¿¿¿ Create your personal prayer journal experienceJournal your way through a creative prayer experience for the next 21 Days.Prayer is very simple and one of the most powerful conversations we can have.It's our two-way conversation with God. It's critical to the growth of our Christian life. This book will introduce you to a multi-sensory prayer journal experience.

In this heartfelt work of enlightenment and faith, Brigid Herman attempts to find meaning and value in prayer as a creative process. True prayer, she claims, is "man's loving response to the love of God." And since divine love is the supreme act, then man's only worthy response can be one of unreserved self-giving. Herman's inspired and compassionate views, first published nearly a century ago, make essential reading for anyone embarking on the path to salvation and inner peace.The wife of a Presbyterian minister, writer BRIGID EMILY HERMAN (1876-1923) was born in Prague and eventually settled in London. Known for her works on theology and the devotional life, she also wrote The Meaning and Value of Mysticism, The Secret Garden of the Soul, and The Finding of the Cross.

100 new and exciting ways to pray Do you or your children struggle to know what to say when asked to pray? Is prayer time becoming routine around your house--even boring? Karen Holford has an idea. Actually she has 100 Creative Prayer Ideas that are guaranteed to make time with Jesus interesting, meaningful, and even fun And don't assume grown-ups are left to watch from the sidelines. A helpful index organizes the various prayer activities by age and other categories. Many of these ideas will work especially well in small group settings, or use them in your own prayer time to put a fresh sparkle into your prayer life From Bag of Bits Prayer, and Blessings Basket, to Garden Prayers, this book provides a smorgasbord of simple activities that will help kids and adults find new delight in talking to God.

When you talk to God, do you ever wonder if He really hears? Do your prayers start to feel rote or routine? Do you sometimes feel you don’t even know how to pray? Jesus is known for turning situations upside down . . . and He can do the same in your prayer life. Your perspective on prayer and faith may never be the same again when you read artist and designer Kelly O’Dell Stanley’s delightfully accessible, innovative new book Praying Upside Down. Stanley uses imagery, simple techniques, and artwork to help you see God like never before and move your prayer life away from the preconceived and expected to a new level of intimacy. Praying Upside Down offers a fresh chance to learn something new, hear an answer you didn’t anticipate, and experience God in a more real, tangible way.

A young man is deeply in love with a young woman. He pours out his heart, singing to her, writing poems for her, giving her beautiful flowers. And how does she express her love back to him? She talks, usually briefly. And that’s all. That’s an imbalanced relationship,but it’s an accurate picture of our communication with God. God speaks with pictures, symbols, music, tastes, smells, and all the rich diversity of creation. So why do we express ourselves to Him with nothing more than words? Connect with Our Creative God In Creative Prayer, Chris Tiegreen encourages us to communicate more intimately with God by speaking the language of His heart. Drawing on Bible stories, psalms, and historical examples, Tiegreen reminds us that our praises and petitions can reflect the unique gifts God has given us. Singing. Painting. Cymbals. Dancing. God has always encouraged his people to respond to him in bold, visual, active, and energetic ways. As God shows us every day in a thousand ways, real love cannot be contained.

Prayer is a vital part of the Christian life but people often struggle with actually getting on and doing it. This book offers 80 imaginative and creative ideas for setting up 'prayer stations', practical ways of praying that involve the senses - touching, tasting, smelling, seeing, and hearing, rather than simply reflecting, as we bring our hopes, fears, dreams and doubts to God. Developed from material tried and tested with small groups, the ideas here provide activities ranging from bubble prayers to clay pot prayers (via just about everything else in between), and have been designed to be used with grown-ups - of all ages!