One of the assistant rectors at my church wrote this, which I really love, in our monthly bulletin:
"An essential part of what it means to be made in the image of God is that we are creative beings. We are clever and quirky and unique - each one of us. We can create great, stunning, so-amazing-there-are-no-words beauty, and say things so funny that people accidentally spit their iced lattes out on their laptops. There are people here who have gone to the MacGiver School of Ministry and created amazing things using nothing but a paperclip, chewing gum, and a roll of duck tape. There are authors and movie makers, songwriters and storytellers. There are cartoonists and ministers, and cartoonist-ministers. It is beautiful and energizing and exhausting. It is a glimpse - just the tiniest glimpse - of what it looks like when you unleash the creative identity of people to do the work of God - to tell the stories of God, to share the love of God, to prick the conscience of God's people through music or words or pictures."