Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study

Aims to be a safe, inclusive space for creativ(ish) exploring faith and hard questions. No artistic skills rq'd. by @roxnicholl and @CCullingworth

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Sunday
Your reminder to rest.
This is your last reminder cos I am starting a New Adventure, and need to cut back on some things.

So rest well, rest often, rest together and rest apart. It's a good and helpful thing.

You are loved, you are valued, you are enough.
Rest.

Rox

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

@GillRowland1 Excellent!

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

Sunday.
Your reminder to rest.

We have a Labrador named Doodle, and she is remarkably good at resting. She has decided that the giant soft teddy we bought from IKEA is an excellent dog bed.

What can you turn into a resting thing?

Also, show me your resting pets!

Rox

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@DanNieman6 I have a theory that dogs like to sleep on our clothes because it's like sleeping with us, but without the risk of being interrupted mid snooze cos the human needs the toilet.

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

I have been doing a little colouring in one of those books, and I did a little outlining and shading. And it's the details like that that often make a thing come alive.

I'm not sure what that's representative of, but I thought maybe someone would like the reminder.

Rox

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

It's Sunday.
It's also Christmas Eve.
The waiting & the wondering.
And in the middle of it all,
The reminder to rest.

This year we needed a small Christmas & all the feelings we ignored in past years have taken up the space. I let them be, an act of radical acceptance & hope.

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

Sunday.
Your reminder to rest.

When the going is good, it's easy to stop and rest because it's easy to start again.
But when everything is a struggle, it can be hard to allow ourselves to stop. What if we lose all that progress? What if we can't start again?

Rest bravely.
Rox

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

Sunday

Your weekly reminder to rest.

From our WhatsApp chat last night, I have been thinking about when there are not safe spaces to be ourselves. That doesn't mean we don't have the right to exist. God made us as much as anyone else.

Just breathe. And be.
And try to hope.

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

@TheRehn I think it has something to do with changes to your circulation?

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

Sunday.
Your reminder to rest.

The other evening, I lay down next to my dog for easier delivery of scritches. I ended up lying quietly on the floor with my feet on the sofa.
It was less about scritches and more about being.

My dog knows a thing or two about rest.

Rox

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

Our new themes are

Hands
Patterns
Inclusion

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

It's Sunday, peeps
Which means your reminder to rest.
We are heading into a frantic season of pressure to be Festive and Jolly.
Sometimes we just need to pause
Take a moment to breathe
Take an hour to feel whatever without judgement
And know we are loved.

Always, we are loved.

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

In addition to the Zoomie tonight (normal link, DM for more information) we also have the following dates scheduled.

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

Meet us on zoom, if you'd like to, this coming Saturday (25th November) at 7.30pm, GMT
Bring something creative you've been doing in response to our themes, or anything else creative you'd like to share, or just come and join in with the chat.

[Creative(ish) Not A Bible Study @create_ivish]

It's Sunday.

This is your reminder to rest.
In the middle of the joy and sadness,
Whether everything is coming together or falling apart,
Rest.
Take moments to
Breathe
And know it's your being not your doing that is enough.
Even now, you are beloved.

Rest.
Rox

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@LizLovick Thank you!
Claire

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When Creative-ish people collaborate, it sometimes looks a bit like this. Balloons everywhere! My house has been full of them and it's been a delight.

https://t.co/y5o3N9KIWL

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Our themes include Glimmers of joy.

Today I remembered that great Eleanor Roosevelt quote "Comparison is the thief of joy"

I like that quote.

Rox

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Sunday.
Remembrance Sunday.

You still need a reminder to rest.

I'm still frustrated by the futility of war.

Let's hold each other up in our prayers, shall we?

Rox