Stuff I Like

Stumbled onto this blog while spell-checking: Stuff Christians Like. While reading the guy's entries, I was inspired to return to heightened playfulness in my writing, which leads to creativity. That's the stuff that allows people to read really long blog entries. I get turned off by articles that go for more than a few paragraphs, unless it's a subject I'm really interested in at the moment. But since I follow several blogs, I only have time for short entries. That's the reason my more serious blog, the 12th Letter, has on average two or three paragraphs. Most are only discussion starters - they're meant to be controversial, not comedic. But now that I've been reminded, I'm inspired to go the way of Glenn Beck: a fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

This guy Prodigal Jon has written over 500 articles in two years! That's inspiring enough! But one article caught my attention, entitled Good enough for the church (Or God's Love Letter to Artists). Prodigal Jon wrote about the importance of the artists and craftsmen that God gifted for building the Tabernacle, so much so that they were second to the priests. Such a great reminder of what's important to God's heart. I remember reading that part of Exodus back in high school, that God assigned skilled artists and builders to create His Tabernacle, the precursor to the Temple. Back then, the only thing I could claim as my well-developed skill was art - illustrating, painting, sculpting, and calligraphy. So as a kid reading that, I thought, "Wow, God uses even the lowly artist." God didn't choose the strong, the intellectual elite, or even the politician - He chose the artist! Artists and builders are important to God's heart because His first act was in expressing Himself in the creation of this universe.