Everything that is created is in relationship with all other things. God’s vision for birds had to do with the quality of the creation of air. How a song is experienced by those who sing it will change the composer’s perception of the song or even the song itself. Nothing exists in isolation. So too for our relationships with others. What happens for humanity is closely related to how we respond to each other.

The invitation of creativity, then, is also the invitation to integration—to see the spheres of our lives, the many parts of our identities, and the diversity of our communities not as fragments to be managed but as gifts to be woven together. Just as God’s creation is marked by interdependence and resonance, our lives are meant to be re-integrated, re-visioned, and re-shaped in relationship with those who are not like us. New wholeness is possible when we offer ourselves fully, with courage and openness, and when we allow the Spirit’s creativity to transform us through encounter, collaboration, and love. 

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In this third message of our Drawn In series, we reflect on how creativity always involves risk. To create is to step into the unknown, to try something that may not work, and to trust that love will hold us even if it doesn’t go as planned. God’s own love is a daring act of risk, as we see in the prophet Hosea—a love that risks rejection, heartbreak, and disappointment, and yet keeps reaching out with steadfast devotion. Creativity, then, is not safe or comfortable, but it is the very heart of God’s way with the world.

Jesus’ parable of the talents reminds us that burying our gifts out of fear is not what God desires. The call is to risk investing ourselves fully—our ideas, our voices, our time, our compassion—for the sake of God’s kingdom of love and justice. To be drawn into God’s creativity is to embrace holy risk: trusting that when we put our lives into circulation, God multiplies them in ways we cannot imagine.

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All creation began with the dream of God, the will and intention for life to exist in the void. All of our actions are born out of desire, out of a dream and vision for the future. This is our birthright: to imagine and to create. What brings you alive? What truly moves your soul in the deepest way? What you create out of that answer is your greatest gift to the world and the way in which you are part of God’s unfolding and ongoing creative dream. We will use the story of Jesus beginning His ministry with a new interpretation of an ancient dream for God’s people to help stoke the fires of our own dreams for ourselves and this world.

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This Sunday we begin a new worship series called Drawn In, where we’ll explore the deep connections between creativity and spirituality. Far from being just for artists, creativity is woven into our life with God. In the opening verses of Genesis, we find the Spirit of God hovering over the waters of chaos—waiting, watching, and preparing for creation to burst forth. In the Gospel of Luke, we see that same Spirit hovering with Jesus in the wilderness, where uncertainty and temptation become the soil for clarity and mission. Both stories remind us that God’s creative presence is not absent in our own times of emptiness and wilderness.

As we step into this series, we’ll ask: What does it mean to pause with the Spirit instead of rushing ahead? How can our faith be a source of imagination in the midst of uncertainty? Just as God drew beauty out of the formless void and drew Jesus into strength through wilderness waiting, so too God draws us in—inviting us to hover, trust, and open ourselves to the creativity of the Spirit. Join us as we discover together how being “drawn in” can reshape our lives and communities.

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This week, we remember that God’s heart is always wider than our own. Drawing from Jeremiah 2, we hear the prophet’s grief over a people who have forgotten the story of God’s faithfulness and turned inward, trusting “broken cisterns” instead of the living water. In Hebrews 13, we are reminded that the life of faith is not private or contained—it overflows in love, welcome, and sacrificial hospitality, even to those we don’t know.

This sermon invites us to see the stranger as gift and the nations as part of God’s table. It challenges us to step “outside the camp,” to leave behind fear and scarcity, and to trust the generous God who calls His people to make room for others. How might our church look different if we believed every act of hospitality was a window into God’s kingdom?

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