{"author":"David Brazzeal","author_id":"David+Brazzeal","total_quotes":13,"quotes":[{"text":"Praise is the portal to the presence of God.","author":"David Brazzeal","tags":["portal","praise","presence-of-god"],"id":54391,"author_id":"David+Brazzeal"},{"text":"The challenge is to draw on the past but not be bound by it' p. 20.","author":"David Brazzeal","tags":["past","past-and-future","past-and-present"],"id":93883,"author_id":"David+Brazzeal"},{"text":"It was as if God had become not only the object of my praise and thanksgiving but my creative partner as well.","author":"David Brazzeal","tags":["creative-partner","creativity","god","praise","thanksgiving"],"id":130684,"author_id":"David+Brazzeal"},{"text":"When we create an environment where our spirit is in sync with the Divine Spirit, then we should be on the lookout for good, positive, helpful thoughts and ideas from a source beyond ourselves. P23.","author":"David Brazzeal","tags":["divine","ideas","prayer","prayer-life","prayerful-habits","prayerful-life","spirit","thoughts"],"id":146205,"author_id":"David+Brazzeal"},{"text":"Learn to listen to subtle cues from your spirit instead of the barrage coming from your brain.","author":"David Brazzeal","tags":["centering-prayer","contemplation","contemplative-prayer","meditation","meditation-for-beginners","prayer","prayer-life","prayerful-habits"],"id":169451,"author_id":"David+Brazzeal"},{"text":"Meditation is a spiritual human activity like mourning, fasting, or praying, and is not limited to one religious group while remaining unavailable to others. (103).","author":"David Brazzeal","tags":["fasting","meditation","meditation-for-beginners","mourning","prayer","praying","spirituality"],"id":175316,"author_id":"David+Brazzeal"},{"text":"I realized there really is a natural interplay between my spirituality and my creativity. When I enter into a spirit of prayer, I can cultivate a receptive space and actually ask God for creative ideas that will enhance my my praying. Then these creative practices allow me to enter into the spiritual space even more quickly and deeply. The result is a spiraling effect leading to ever-expanding dimensions, encompassing both deeper spirituality and heightened creativity.","author":"David Brazzeal","tags":["creativity","god","prayer","prayer-practices","spirituality"],"id":207719,"author_id":"David+Brazzeal"},{"text":"Is there something in your spirit that keeps telling you it should be different: more interesting, more engaging, more creative, more profound? Does your prayer life feel like you're eating the same food over and over every day - mixing the same ingredients but hoping for a new, more enticing dish?","author":"David Brazzeal","tags":["prayer","prayer-life","prayerful-habits","prayerful-life","prayers","prayers-of-the-heart","praying"],"id":314279,"author_id":"David+Brazzeal"},{"text":"Tragedy has a cruel way of ripping off the masks of self-sufficiency and self-satisfaction. It yells in the streets, 'No! Everything is not A-okay!' It cracks apart our airtight theologies about God having everything under control. It forces us to get real and really struggle with the big questions of life. It cautions us that this life journey we are on is not easily comprehended with a few sermon points but demands a lifetime of wisdom to even begin to fathom.","author":"David Brazzeal","tags":["faith","god","life-journey","life-questions","tragedy","wisdom"],"id":373042,"author_id":"David+Brazzeal"},{"text":"Creativity and spirituality function on the same side of the brain. If that is true, it is quite reasonable and natural for them to function together. The prophets and mystics we're obviously aware of this connection. P. 23.","author":"David Brazzeal","tags":["brain","creativity","mystics","prophets","spirituality"],"id":416274,"author_id":"David+Brazzeal"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":13,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}