In this episode, Blake sits down with percussionist, Timothy Jones. They discuss the challenges of moving across the world to pursue your craft, the need to adapt, and developing as a performer.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with filmmaker and urban farmer, Andrew Cagle. They discuss the philosophy to the approach to farming at Elmwood farms in Dallas, TX, and the connection we as people have to creation.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with the Creative Team from Storymakers. They discuss their process of bringing a story to life through the crafting of words and the use of color and illustrations, as well as their intention to always point people toward the Gospel.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with songwriter, Kip Fox. They discuss growing up around music, learning to create routines, and adapting as life changes.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with metal worker, Joshua Keith. They discuss how a show on the History Channel led him to pursue blacksmithing, the way he approaches his craft, and how what we create serves our neighbor.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with writer, David Zahl. They discuss his journey into writing, the philosophy of writing from below, and the struggle with the inner critic.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with producer and audio engineer, Scott "OZ" Osborne. They discuss his early interest in audio engineering and music, his work as a drummer, audio engineering for television, and now his work producing for podcasts and radio.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with artist and writer, Amie Hollmann. They discuss her exploratory approach to creating, finding beauty in the ordinary, and her desire to show others through her work that they are seen, heard and loved.
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Since about the age of five, I remember loving to sing. Church talent shows, school plays, choir, on my own. I’ve always felt this need for it, a way to express thoughts and feelings inside of me whether it was a song that someone else wrote or later on in my life something that I wrote. Singing in choir upon
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In this episode, Blake sits down with guitarist, Corey Witt. They discuss his beginnings as a guitarist and how he stands out in a crowded field, leaning into his unique style and giftedness.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with songwriter, Andy Gullahorn. They discuss his development as a songwriter, his desire to write music that brings healing, and the need for real-life, rooting experiences that led him to start a bowling league and meet a friend for a weekly high-five.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with filmmaker, Noah Sampsel. They discuss his love for film, how everyday creative experiences like cooking support his craft, and finding balance between creating for others and working on passion projects.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with visual media creator Autumn Keith. They discuss her love for photography, the benefits of immersion in a creative community, and finding fulfillment in one's vocation.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with filmmaker, Michael Kelley. They discuss his calling to filmmaking, his desire to use his craft to serve others, and the process of learning what to say no to.
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I betray him with a kiss and some blood-soaked coin
but this is the Good day that He would appoint
I place him in cuffs and lead him away…
Many of the books and articles I've read on prayer open with the author confessing their struggles to pray. I'm afraid this article is no different. But mine are hardly unique. Christians all have a nagging feeling we should pray and a still more nagging feeling we should do it well…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with guitarist and songwriter, Tim Quick. They discuss Tim's love for guitar as a young boy that resulted in a career as a musician on Broadway.
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In this episode, Blake sits down with illustrator, Zach Stuef. They discuss his love for drawing early love for drawing as a child, and how encouragement from others, combined with a continual desire to create led him to pursue the vocation of illustrator.
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For a number of decades in the United States, the church has worked hard to hold in tension a dichotomy between so-called “Traditional” and “Contemporary” worship. One could argue about the various sources of this dichotomy (and I commend to you the many liturgical historians who are charting the various liturgical…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with rapper, Flame. They discuss his career as a rapper, his creative approach to writing, and how rap intersects with culture and the church.
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