Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Singer, songwriter and diligent student of Scripture, Michael Card is well known for the depth of his lyrics and the artistry of his music. But far more significant than the songs he has penned is the source of his inspiration--the creativity embodied in Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God.
In this book Card explores the biblical foundations of true Christian creativity. Whether we think of ourselves as creative or not, all of us are created in the image of our Creator God, and thus creativity is a vital expression of our discipleship. With Jesus as his model, Card shows how understanding God’s creative imagination leads to a lifestyle of humility, obedience and servanthood. And he invites us to follow God’s creative call through worship and community.
Through Jesus, God has spoken to us in a word we can understand. Likewise, Michael Card has articulated the story of Jesus to others through his own scribblings in the sand. This book shows us how we can do the same.
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- Explores the biblical foundations of true Christian creativity.
- Shows how understanding God’s creative imagination leads to a lifestyle of humility.
- Invites us to follow God’s creative call through worship and community.
Every song I’ve heard Michael sing makes me think about Jesus. Every moment I’ve spent with Michael makes me think about Jesus. Who better, then, to make us all think more highly of Christ than Michael Card. May God use this book to do exactly that in your life.
--Max Lucado, author of Traveling Light
This book reached my heart as few others. Every artist (which means every Christian) needs to meditate on Michael Card’s message, not just read, but ponder, reflect, pray. The result will be a thrilling release of the Spirit from depths you hadn't before realized were there. At least, that’s what happened in me.
--Larry Crabb, author of Inside Out
Countless books circulate on what it means to be ‘creative,’ on what ‘art’ is; relatively few are written from a distinctively Christian perspective. There cannot be many more qualified than Michael Card to fill this glaring gap. Here we learn, powerfully, that creativity, rightly conceived, is a response to God: it is worship. To his own evocative reflections Michael Card appends the musing of several other Christian artists and critics. This is a book to be cherished and savored.
--D. A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Title: Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity
- Author: Michael Card
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 168
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9780830847044, 9780830847037, 0830847030, 0830847049
- Resource ID: LLS:9780830847044
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T21:15:24Z
Michael Card has recorded over thirty-one albums, authored or coauthored over twenty-four books, hosted a radio program, and written for a wide range of magazines. An award-winning musician and performing artist, he has penned such favorites as “El Shaddai,” “Immanuel,” and many other songs. He has branched his ministry beyond music and written numerous books, including Scribbling in the Sand, A Sacred Sorrow, A Violent Grace, The Parable of Joy, and Sleep Sound in Jesus (a children’s book). He has also written the Biblical Imagination Series, with a book and accompanying music CD for each of the four gospels.
A graduate of Western Kentucky University with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in biblical studies, Card also serves as mentor to many younger artists and musicians, teaching courses on the creative process and calling the Christian recording industry into deeper discipleship. Card lives in Tennessee with his wife and four children.