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Creative and Free
By Christina HubbardArts
Creative and Free episodes
- Walk in Light and the Importance of Small Things: Ted Harro :: On Pause [Eps 12]
Ted Harrow is a strategy and leadership development consultant and marriage retreat leader. He's the founder of Noonday Ventures, a business training and consulting firm. He also provides leadership coaching to a select group of senior and emerging leaders. He has a marriage ministry called Bright Star Marriage which he leads with his wife Gretchen, who happens to be marriage therapist. Ted also calls himself the "bread dude."
We talk about:
- shifting creative energy in writing during crisis,
- resilience and managing ourselves well,
- feelings as friends to help us participate in a life of joy and wholeness,
- self talk scripts in marriage, and
- being people of light in the middle of confusion.
Ted reads a prayer from Richard Foster, "Go forward in the power of the Lord, walking in the light, being confident that the Spirit of God is with you, leading you, teaching you, loving you. Do not be afraid."
Find Ted at noondayventures.com and brightstarmarriage.com.
Ted's presentation about feelings as friends at The Practice: Letting Go of the Lies We Tell Ourselves: https://thepractice.libsyn.com/letting-go-of-the-lies-we-tell-ourselves.
Blogpost: Ask the Therapist: How to Build Connection in Crisis: https://brightstarmarriage.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b6cba713dabc43b2ec8693136&id=60067e16a4&e=4628cb0e2e.
Renovaré Institute: https://renovare.org/institute.
On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause.
18 min - The Link Between Crisis, Creativity, and Prayer: Lizzie Mattson :: On Pause [Eps 11]Lizzie Mattson is a social media manager and fiber artist. She's a small business owner at wildfeatherco.com. With her pyschology and art degrees, she uses her eye for design to help clients use social media for good. She's an ENFJ and a 4 on the Enneagram and hospitality is her gift. She is a prayer warrior, a true servant, and wise beyond her years.
In this conversation, we talk about:
- managing stress with creative routine and picking up old art forms,
- finding balance between art and business,
- the challenge of being an extrovert during quarantine,
- supporting small businesses, and
- boundaries in social media, business, and emotions and prayer walks.
She reads an excerpt from: You are the Girl for the Job by Jess Connelly.
The Forge is a leadership community for kingdom-bringers in business. Check it out at: https://www.theforge.community/. Use code CHRISTINAHUBBARD to get $5 off your first month and receive a free master class on using your spiritual gifts in business just for subscribing.
On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause.
26 min - Creative Practice and the Thread of Unknowing: Elizabeth Ivy Hawkins :: On Pause [Eps 10]
Elizabeth Ivy Hawkins is a painter, professor, and writer. She is a Professor of Creativity & Innovation and holds faculty positions at The Creativity & Innovation Honors Institute at Cornerstone University and Grand Valley State University in Visual & Media Arts. Recently, she was accepted as a student in the Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation. Her art has been exhibited regionally and nationally, including the former Rouge Space in New York and the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art.
Her story Where I Fell in Love was published on The Story Gathering Podcast. Her writing has appeared in Ruminate Magazine, Off the Page, and most recently, she painted as the protagonist Wren Crawford in the book Remember Me, by Sharon Garlough Brown.
In this podcast we talk about:
- developing creative rhythms for home, work, and faith,
- silence, solitude, and movement as contemplative practice,
- what art can teach us about letting go and moving forward in pandemic and unknowing,
- facing fears and darkness, and
- the artist becoming art both as a maker and a conduit.
She reads William Stafford's poem, "The Way It Is" from his book The Way It Is available at Gray Wolf Press.
Find Elizabeth and her new course: Processing & Healing through Creativity (beginning June 29) at https://www.elizabethivy.com/. If you sign up for the course, she's offering a bonus week and a piece of art at the course's end.
On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause.
Like what you heard today? To support the work of this podcast, please go to anchor.fm/creativeandfree and click "Support." These notes may contain affiliate links which sustain the production of this podcast.
28 min - Don't Wait, God's Abundant Life is Right Here: Niki Hardy :: On Pause [Eps 9]
Niki Hardy is a Brit in the USA, a cancer survivor, pastor’s wife, tea drinker and teller of bad jokes. As a speaker and an author, she’s all about meeting you when life’s not fair and embracing the reality that with God, life doesn’t have to be pain-free to be full.
A Londoner born and bred, Niki and her family moved to Charlotte, NC, to plant CityChurch Charlotte. Her work has appeared in Christian Today, RELEVANT Woman to Woman (Premier Radio), and is a contributing writer for ThriveMoms.
Today we talk about:
- working as a writer and speaker, pastor's wife, and being a mom of high school/college students during corona,
- dealing with disappointment,
- how cancer trained her to find abundant life in the middle of pain,
- life is still going on and there's good to be found,
- listing worries with God and not picking them back up again.
Niki reads a letter from God to us called "My Dear Sweet Child" based on scripture. (Author unknown.)
Grab your free chapter of her book Breathe Again here.
You can find Niki at www.nikihardy.com.
For weekly episode updates, subscribe to my newsletter at: ChristinaHubbard.com
On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause. Like what you heard today?
These notes may contain affiliate links which sustain the production of this podcast.
17 min - Becoming Agents of Shalom: Tamara Gurley :: On Pause [Eps 8]
Tamara Gurley is a racial educator, consultant, seminarian, and creative artist in spoken and written word. She has served in business + ministry leadership for over 14 years as she blends her love for people, education, and creative arts into serving and growing faith-based and corporate communities. She is an advocate for freedom and justice. Tamara lives in Michigan with her family.
In this episode we talk about: anti-racism work, taking care of ourselves and boosting mental health as a family, laying down our lives for one another and counteracting negative narratives, linking love for neighbor with how God wired us to give, permission to feel, process, and lament, and how to practice justice beyond social media reposts. Tamara shares an original poem called: "Not Yet."
Find Tamara at her website: https://lifespilledlikewater.wordpress.com/.
Other links mentioned: "Cheap Justice" article by Tamara: https://tinyurl.com/yco6n55l
Pray as you go: https://pray-as-you-go.org/
and Headspace https://tinyurl.com/y8fvsjqy
On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause. Like what you heard today?
To support the work of this podcast, please go to anchor.fm/creativeandfree and click "Support." These notes may contain affiliate links which sustain the production of this podcast.
26 min - Breathe in God's Presence: Sheridan Voysey :: On Pause [Eps 7]
Sheridan Voysey is an author and broadcaster. His books include: The Making of Us: Who We Can Become When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned and Resurrection Year: Turning Broken Dreams into New Beginnings, plus Resilient and the award-winning Unseen Footprints. He's a presenter for Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 and a regular contributor to other media including ABC and Moody Radio. He lives in the UK with his wife Merryn and a cute canine named Rupert. He speaks at conferences and events around the world. In this episode, we discuss: How his journey with Merryn through the broken dream of infertility informs his approach to life's difficulties. Developing a deep and "precious reality" of what it means to be a child of God. Trials being the very things God can use to shape us and often grow greater fruitfulness. The shift of creative work from in-person to online. God's invitation to slowness. The need for virtue and a way to cope with anxiety during coronavirus.
Sheridan guides us through a breath prayer based on the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5 .
A lovely visual guide of the prayer created by Joanne Wilson https://www.facebook.com/sheridanvoysey/photos/a.2267076770230416/2638456663092423/?type=3&theater.
Connect with Sheridan at SheridanVoysey.com.
On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause. Like what you heard today? To support the work of this podcast, please go to anchor.fm/creativeandfree and click "Support." These notes may contain affiliate links which sustain the production of this podcast.
24 min - The One Who Sets Our Boundaries: Kate Motaung :: On Pause [Eps 6]
Kate Motaung is the author of a beautiful memoir, A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging and co-author of Influence: Building a Platform that Elevates Jesus (Not Me). She also leads the Five Minute Friday writing community.
In this episode we talk about:
- The importance of checking in with creative friends,
- Releasing the pressure to be super productive during quarantine,
- Reassessing commitments as we transition,
- Practicing gratitude instead of being frustrated, and
- How we can know God is still in control.
Kate reads from Psalm 104.
Find her at KateMotaung.com and Refine Services.
On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause.
Like what you heard today? To support the work of this podcast, please go to anchor.fm/creativeandfree and click "Support."
These notes may contain affiliate links which sustain the production of this podcast.
17 min - The Magic of What Could Happen: Patrice Gopo :: On Pause Series [Eps 5]
Patrice Gopo is an essayist and the author of All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way. She explores issues of race, immigration, and belonging. Her essays have appeared in places like Catapult as well as The New York Times and The Washington Post. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
In this episode we discuss:
- Capsule wardrobes during pandemic,
- Unrealized anxiety paired with sweet family moments,
- The riskiness of writing a poem,
- Slowing down the spinning mind by journaling, and
- Opening ourselves to the magic of what could happen.
She reads from her poem "The End of March." Find her at PatriceGopo.com.
Other links mentioned in this podcast:
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Ann Kroeker's podcast: One Thing Writers Can Do in a Pandemic: Document the Days
On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause.
Like what you heard today? To support the work of this podcast, please go to anchor.fm/creativeandfree and click "Support."
These notes may contain affiliate links. Proceeds help to keep this podcast afloat.
20 min - Meeting God in Coronavirus: Alice Parente :: On Pause Series [Eps 4]
Alice Parente is the Executive Director of Process Theatre Inc. and I Can Do That, an arts for all abilities non-profit. She is also the Director of Spiritual Formation at Faith Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, California.
In this episode, Alice and I talk about:
- What she's doing to make the arts accessible to all kids,
- How Hip hop lessons on Zoom are keeping students connected,
- What happened when coronavirus took the lives of 6 people in her church community,
- Presbyterians' casserole obsession,
- Symbols of comfort, and
- Finding God's will in coronavirus.
Alice reads from Jan Richardson's poem "Blessing at the Burning Bush."
Other links referred to:
- Renovaré Institute for Spiritual Formation
- Living Wisely and Loving Well Webinar with Chris Hall, Shane Claiborne, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.
On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause.
Like what you heard today? To support the work of this podcast, please go to anchor.fm/creativeandfree and click "Support."
These notes may contain affiliate links. Proceeds help to keep this podcast afloat.
29 min - Surrender in the In-between: Kris Camealy :: On Pause Series [Eps 3]
Kris Camealy is the founder and director of the Refine {the retreat} for writers and the author of Everything Is Yours: How Giving God Your Whole Heart Changes Your Whole Life. She created gracetable.org and writes for The Cultivating Project and Joyful Life.
In this episode, we discuss:
- baking scones, tortillas, and bready things as real therapy,
- art journaling,
- being creatively jammed up,
- releasing a book during coronavirus,
- the idol of achieving,
- and the spiritual freedom of surrendering to what God has for us and why it's better than what we have for ourselves.
She reads from John O'Donohue's blessing "For the Interim Time" and a prayer from her new book.
Join the Everything Is Yours Book club. Find Kris at her website.
On Pause: Healing Words from Everyday Artists during Isolation is a special series to help creative people find groundedness, belonging, and courage during the coronavirus outbreak. Creating and absorbing beautiful words plants us firmly in awareness amidst the tsunami of thoughts and emotions we are all experiencing. I’ve asked artists to share words that are beacons of honesty, truth, and goodness to their souls during this time of distance as a global community on pause.
These notes may contain affiliate links. Proceeds help to support this podcast.
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Where creative hearts come fully alive to the pursuit of joy. Join writer Christina Hubbard for interviews with creative leaders and spiritual practices to help you deepen your relationship with God…
through the arts.