Jared Byas – Thirty Seconds or Less

Power is afraid of creativity because it upends the state of affairs where I am in power. As an Eight, then, the God who creates is an unsettling God. That God undoes my empire of dominance and sends me into a desert of questions where I reach for control but my hands find only possibilities.... The post One Who Creates appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

Far too often we seem to assume that the only way to act with conviction is to root it in some objective epistemological framework. This, however, reveals an anemia in our imagination by which I mean here our ethical courage. How might we find motivation for Christian faith and practice without retreating to epistemological foundationism... The post An Anemia In Our Imagination appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

The irony of caring about an issue is that “care” generally means we have already decided on a solution we think adequate. The challenge, then, is that over time a blurring occurs between our emotional attachment to the issue and our emotional attachment to our solution. And so like the smothering boyfriend who, in order... The post The Irony Of Caring About An Issue appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

It’s an interesting statement for further investigation, that creativity flourishes best in the hands of the oppressed. Innovation is by definition a threat to those in power. Because it is to do a new thing, that is, a thing that very well might change the state of affairs in which those in power retain their... The post Creativity Is Always A Risk appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

How can a theological system that endorses a low anthropology when it comes to our ability to act godly also endorse such a high anthropology when it comes to our ability to know what it means to act godly? It seems dangerous to take our suspicions to our behavior and actions but not take that... The post What It Means To Act Godly appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.

We often hear that creativity is “to think outside the box.” But from both the perspective of creativity and non-creativity, this seems incorrect. Perhaps it is better to say that non-creativity, or what we might call “the limitation of what’s possible,” insists that one is always in a box; there is limitation. But creativity, or... The post An Infinite Number of Boxes appeared first on Thirty Seconds or Less.