Several years ago I came up with this goal that has really helped me.  I didn’t always achieve the goal, but having the goal was helpful.  The goal was create something incredible every week.  That “something” doesn’t necessarily have to be finished.  The “something” could be a treatment, a script, a completed shoot or a finished edit.  Whatever the “something” is you will most likely pay special attention to that “something” versus other “somethings” if you are able to zero in on that single project.  Sure you will work on other projects during the week, however that one “something” that week gets special attention and special care.  It is impossible to give every “something” you have lots of care and attention, so you must choose one or two a week that you are going to invest more of your energies on.  Once you have decided what one thing you want to be incredible for that week, go to God and ask him to help you with that project.  Being specific with your goals and with God is not only helpful but biblical.

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I remember when I was a teenager thinking about my career and my future.  It never crossed my mind to consider the possibility of working in a church, because most churches then were not concerned with the arts.  In the 90s very few churches had graphic designers or video producers and very few churches were concerned about aesthetics.  A paradigm has shifted and today it is almost impossible for a church to exist without somehow involving itself in the arts, even if just a little bit.

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1. Be a reader
John Maxwell’s famous axiom Leaders are Readers is true.  If creatives are to consider themselves leaders by the art they produce that hopefully influences others, than they must have a deep well in which to draw from. Read books on aesthetics, on beauty, on screenwriting, design and then read books on culture, religion and fiction if you have the patience for it.

2. Exercise
Studies show that exercise reduces stress and tension.  On A personal note, I have found that while exercising I often come up with creative ideas because I am allowing my mind to relax.

3. Get up early
Getting up early will give you more time in the day to be more productive rather than staying up late and watching tv. Some creatives were known for writing an entire screenplay just by getting up early every morning and taking advantage of the two hours before their real day job. Check out this post on how to get up early.

4. Collaborate
Have people in your life that can help you to brainstorm, bounce ideas off of or look at your current works in progress. Having people in your life to sharpen you will push your creativity to the next level.

5. Invest in others
If you spend time investing in others, you will be able to accomplish far more than you could by yourself and if you are lucky you will find others who do the work you don’t like to do so you can focus on what you are really good at.

6. Brainstorm
The hardest part of being creative is often coming up with a semi-original idea.  Using mind mapping tools like xmind will help you to think through more possibilities before you begin with the first idea that comes to mind.

7. Pray
Ask God for ideas. Ask God to inspire you. Ask God the creator of the universe the ultimate “creative” to help you create.

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Helge Tennø, a planner at Scandinavian Design Group in Norway, has created numerous presentations dealing with branding, design, and social media. Not only are these presentations useful, the design serves as great inspiration for creating stellar presentations. The complete presentations can be downloaded as pdf’s at Slideshare.

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As a tech/creative I look at the room environment too. Because the protestants wanted to move far away from Catholicism we stripped away

any iconography or visual element to a sunday ‘worship experience’. As a creative I want my senses engaged. I enjoy engaging others senses with sound but also visually, bringing in with projection what the environment lacks with images of the cross, nature, stained glass, color etc. We shouldn’t be afraid of the visual, God is the creator of the visual and beauty.

We need to embrace what God has created us to do, worshiping him in spirit and in truth.

So how do we do that?

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