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Making Manifest
Making Manifest: On Faith, Creativity, and the Kingdom at Hand is book of devotional meditations and exercises designed for personal spiritual growth and innovative community building. Through 28-days of poetry, prayer, writing practice, contemplation, and personal reflection, Dave Harrity teaches and explores ways individuals and their religious circles can begin to renew and awaken faith by daily creative practice.
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183 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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September 25, 2013
Review originally posted over at http://adelekonyndyk.wordpress.com/20...
Are you a writer daunted by the task of daily creative practice? Dave Harrity’s Making Manifest is a 28-day devotional/craft book designed to revitalize your artistic routine and “awaken and renew [your] faith in the power of the Incarnation.” Harrity, a poet himself, invites you to prayerfully reflect on Scripture, mine your personal experiences, and observe the sensory world around you—all the while using your own words to respond to prompts and exercises. He makes it clear that every piece of writing is meant to be an access point to inspiration, not an instantly publishable work—which should comfort those who are especially intimidated by writing poetry.
Harrity’s voice is encouraging yet tenacious; he knows that artists often need firm coaching to keep going. Writers from all disciplines will surely appreciate the chance to “more fully enter the deep world of words” through this dynamic, Kingdom-focused journey of contemplation and creativity.
You can learn more about Making Manifest and watch a video trailer for it at http://seedbed.com/feed/making-manife...
Are you a writer daunted by the task of daily creative practice? Dave Harrity’s Making Manifest is a 28-day devotional/craft book designed to revitalize your artistic routine and “awaken and renew [your] faith in the power of the Incarnation.” Harrity, a poet himself, invites you to prayerfully reflect on Scripture, mine your personal experiences, and observe the sensory world around you—all the while using your own words to respond to prompts and exercises. He makes it clear that every piece of writing is meant to be an access point to inspiration, not an instantly publishable work—which should comfort those who are especially intimidated by writing poetry.
Harrity’s voice is encouraging yet tenacious; he knows that artists often need firm coaching to keep going. Writers from all disciplines will surely appreciate the chance to “more fully enter the deep world of words” through this dynamic, Kingdom-focused journey of contemplation and creativity.
You can learn more about Making Manifest and watch a video trailer for it at http://seedbed.com/feed/making-manife...
April 11, 2015
I made my way through these 28 devotional practices during February 2015 (I had no excuses to miss a day), and at times they felt weird or really out of my comfort zone. But I found that as I kept pushing through, some really profound thoughts came forth. More than that, I came to savor the early morning practice of writing and reading before the world came alive.
June 29, 2014
"more inspiration and guide than rule book" (see more on my experience with this book here).
February 19, 2015
thought provoking and helpful in processing creativity!!!
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