Thiabiti Anyabwile put a post on his Gospel Coalition blog which included this video from TED talks about how education stifles creativity. It is a great listen.
But it also got me thinking how does this apply to us as churches. How do our structures, reactions to new ideas and overall leadership stifle creativity? Is it possible that one of the reasons we struggle to engage people in reaching the world with the gospel because we have stifled individuality and creative risk taking?
And what about in terms of encouraging people to use their gifts? If education has a hierarchy of subject importance do we as churches? Do we in our view of gifts? And if so how is that hierarchy seen in the things we prioritise and therefore in the gifts people feel are valued and wanted in the church?
What would happen if we encouraged creativity? What would happen if we liberated, encouraged and facilitated people to be creative with the gospel in their own way with their friends, family, communities and colleagues?
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