Christ-Centered Nourishment for the Growth & Vision of the Creative Soul
*Revised from November 18, 2014 For many years now, I have been likening my creativity to that of motherhood. I often speak of my creations as my children, each with their own personality, some more giving than others, while some are just outright unruly. Through the span of the years, my creativity has produced many [...]
The choice is yours'. We've heard that in many different scenarios but often times we tend to shun away from that conceptual truth when it comes to our faith-walks. Yes, we as children of God, creatives seeking His divine purpose for our lives, have surrendered our lives and eternity to Him. Yes, we like Christ [...]
“You’ll never think outside the box if you are constantly looking inside someone else’s...Sometimes the most incredible imagination sparks from nothing." ~CANDICE COATES We are all inspired by something or someone. This is the chain of life and it is a good thing. As King Solomon put it, "There is nothing new under the sun." [...]
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ~ANNE OF GREEN GABLES There is something so magical and wonderful about the changing of seasons. For me, I especially love when Winter turns into Spring, or my absolute favorite when Summer puts on her comfy clothes and dresses up for Autumn or [...]
It was a kneejerk reaction!" "I did it subconsciously." "It was muscle memory." I am sure that all of us have used these phrases more times than we can possibly count. They are the things that we say when we are able to, for the good or the bad, give a response or reaction in [...]
"Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ~HEBREWS 13:5 Be content. The statement can be seen as a command or a verbalized form of permission. Be happy. Be wise. Be joyful. Be content. One [...]
" ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’" ~JEREMIAH 33:3 We all experience a crisis of faith at different times in our life. During that crisis, we can do two things. We can stifle the questions out of learned religious behavior or the fear [...]
"God can't do anything with our 'fake', but He can do all things with our 'faith'." ~CANDICE COATES Not too long ago, I was surfing through my social media feed, and like many times before, I came across several posts saying, "Fake it til you make it," or, "I'm just going to fake it til [...]
The Fall By Candice Coates, written September 28, 2015 The world looked like fire from the view of her bedroom window. The leaves on the trees had been set ablaze by the match called Fall. Life as she had known it, of thin layers and barefoot days, was slowly burning to smoke, leaving behind [...]
*Originally Published June 23, 2019 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled." ~MATTHEW 5:6 NKJV Do you find yourself bursting with questions, hard questions about God, about life, about purpose, about what is right and true? A lot of times we might feel discouraged while we wait for [...]
