Connect Your Creativity with the Creator

In In the Beginning We Create, award-winning graphic designer and artist Nathan L. Nicholson reflects on God's timeless patterns of creation, offering practical insights for how and what you create. Nicholson guides you through twenty-one reflective meditations inspired by God's creative process, each paired with the author's original artwork, uncovering how collaboration, creation, and rest are essential rhythms for expressing your unique creative vision.

Nicholson explores how God is the ultimate Creator, and his creative abilities are beyond compare. In the Beginning We Create invites you to explore God's creative process and discover how you can emulate his creativity in the creative gifts he has given you. Using the book of Genesis as the foundation, you'll dive into the story of God creating the universe and find inspiration for your own creative journey. If the Creator of the universe took time to rest, the cycle of creation and rest is necessary for our healthy creativity as well.

Key Features:



- 21 inspiring reflections that draw from the Genesis creation narrative and other Scripture passages

- 40+ original artworks by the author thoughtfully included throughout the book

- Insights for spiritual growth as you learn how the process of creating connects you with God and has purpose and meaning

Though this book, you'll see how no matter the creative discipline you use, you can offer your creativity back to God, discovering new ways to reflect the Creator's handiwork in your life.

If you yearn to create with intention and purpose, this book will help you view creativity through a new lens: aligning your creativity with divine purpose. Learn how you can honor God with every word, stroke, or melody you create with In the Beginning We Create.



Nathan L. Nicholson is an artist, award-winning graphic designer, consultant, and creative director based in Chicago. He is an ordained elder in the Church of God in Christ. In 2024, he received the 40 Under 40 COGIC Achievers Award. Nathan is also the host of the Culture Critic podcast and the founder of NUMA Art, LLC, an independent creative services and communications agency. He is married to Praniece, and they have two children.



Introduction



1. Created for Creativity



2. Collaboration



3. Workmanship



4. Custom-Made



5. Originality



6. Taste



7. Balance



8. Growth



9. Confidence



10. Intention



11. Focus



12. Rest



13. Rhythm



14. Disruption



15. Creating Through Pain



16. Reflection



17. Comparison



18. Resetting



19. Inspiration and Imagination



20. Divine Instruction



21. Responsibility



Conclusion: Your Why



Acknowledgments



Creations



Notes