The Courage to Create Podcast

In this special closing episode of Season One of The Courage to Create Podcast, we pause to reflect on the journey so far — creativity, healing, spiritual formation, artistic courage, burnout recovery, perfectionism, play, and creating with God.

In this guided imaginative prayer and mini audio retreat, we journey slowly through Genesis 18 and the story of Abraham beneath the Oaks of Mamre using contemplative prayer, creative reflection, and sacred imagination.

In this contemplative, pastoral-letter-style episode of The Courage to Create Podcast, we explore the fear of visibility, creative vulnerability, hiding, perfectionism, shame, and the courage required to share your creative work with the world.

What do you do when burnout steals your creativity?

In this episode of The Courage to Create Podcast, we explore creative burnout, emotional exhaustion, artistic recovery, and how to begin creating again gently after depletion.

We explore creativity as a spiritual practice and what it means to create with God. 

Did you know the first person in Scripture explicitly filled with the Spirit of God was an artist?

In this episode of The Courage to Create Podcast, we explore the story of Bezalel in Exodus 31 and what it reveals about creativity, artistry, craftsmanship, and God’s heart for beauty.

What if play is not childish — but sacred?

In this episode of The Courage to Create Podcast, we explore the spiritual discipline of play and why rediscovering delight, curiosity, and wonder is essential for creativity, healing, and spiritual formation.

Perfectionism can quietly destroy creativity.

In this episode of The Courage to Create Podcast, we explore the difference between perfectionism and excellence, why perfectionism is rooted in fear and control, and how it impacts artists, writers, and creatives spiritually and emotionally.

Fear is one of the greatest obstacles creatives face - especially when beginning again later in life.

In this episode of The Courage to Create Podcast, we explore the relationship between fear, creativity, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and vulnerability through both psychology and Joshua 1:9. 

In this episode, we explore the spiritual foundation of creativity and why identity in God must come before creative productivity.

Through reflection on Genesis and the concept of the image of God, we consider how creativity flows naturally from our identity as beloved children of God.