“Listening” as part of creativity is about perceiving. We open our senses to see what is emerging. Perhaps what we start doesn’t end up looking like what we though it would. Instead, once the act of creating begins, we listen to how the Spirit is guiding our next steps and unfolding possibilities we were previously unaware of. Without paying attention in this way, we act as if we have all the answers. And when we are up against something that doesn’t go our way, we see it as a negative. But what if those moments are simple Co-Creator God inviting us to see new ways of moving forward in our lives?

This is the fifth week in the series, “Drawn In: Living the Creative Life with God.” Pastor Mary’s message is based on Acts 16: 6-15.