Justin McRoberts, Faith Leader and Author
Your World of Creativity
Mark Stinson
5.0 • 45 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Christian Thought Leader, Author, and Songwriter Justin McRoberts Inspires Readers to Recreate Within God’s Image in New Book – It Is What You Make of It
“Adding new energy to old things can turn something good into phenomenal.”– Justin McRoberts
“It is what it is”—a common phrase you hear and maybe even say yourself. But the truth is that there is not one square inch in the whole domain of our human existence that simply is what it is. Justin McRoberts invites you to embrace a new mindset: It Is What You Make of It.
In his new book, It Is What You Make of It: Creating Something Great from What You’ve Been Given, McRoberts shares key moments from his twenty-plus years as an artist, church planter, pastor, singer-songwriter, author, neighbor, and father, passing on lessons and practices learned about making something good from what you’ve been given rather than simply accepting things as they are.
Thought-provoking but actionable, It Is What You Make of It declares that love doesn’t just win, mercy doesn’t just triumph, and light doesn’t just cast out shadow. Rather, such renewal requires the work of human hands and hearts committed to a vision of a world made right (or at least a little better). When we partner with God in these endeavors, we love the world well and honor the Creator in whose image we are made.
Complete with stimulating questions and hilariously relatable anecdotes and antics, each chapter will help readers uncover the areas in their lives and communities that are waiting for them to boldly proclaim, “Let’s see what we can make of this.”
Justin McRoberts lives in the Oakland–San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Amy, and two children. He is the author of four books, including Prayer: 40 Days of Practice and May It Be So: 40 Days with the Lord’s Prayer. Justin’s sixteen albums and EPs have gained him a faithful audience among listeners nationwide since 1999.
Justin leans on his over twenty years in the arts and ministry to mentor and coach artists and pastors in person as well as over video calls. He is also the host of the podcast @ Sea with Justin McRoberts and co-founding pastor of Shelter-Vineyard Church Community in Concord, CA. Justin regularly travels to speak at churches and colleges, as well as leads retreats for ministry staff, college students, and young adults.
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| 0:00.0 | A mock in your world of creativity with best-selling author and brand |
| 0:11.0 | innovator Mark Stinson. Mark introduces you to some of the world's leading creative |
| 0:16.0 | talents from publishing, film, music, restaurants, medical research and more. |
| 0:22.0 | You'll discover how to tap into your most original thinking, how to organize your ideas |
| 0:27.0 | and most of all how to make the connections and create the opportunities to launch your creative |
| 0:33.0 | work. Unlocking your world of creativity. |
| 0:38.0 | Welcome back friends I'm Mark Stinson and if you've ever found like I do, saying the phrase |
| 0:43.0 | it is what it is, I guess today is going to take a little twist on that creatively and say |
| 0:49.0 | it is what you make of it. My guess is Justin McRoberts, Justin so glad to have you. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm happy to be here. Thanks for having me on. |
| 0:57.0 | It's a great twist and Justin when we talk about the world of creativity, I often think the world |
| 1:02.0 | meaning globally and cities all over the place but you take another twist at this world and say |
| 1:07.0 | I've been an artist, pastor, a singer, songwriter, author, I even love that you add neighbor and |
| 1:13.0 | father. You've got a well-rounded call it orbit of creative influences don't you? |
| 1:19.0 | I do. Mostly because I try to apply that terminology to more than just things that people |
| 1:25.0 | make and sell. So there are oftentimes when we talk about the arts or artistry or creativity, |
| 1:31.0 | we tend to narrow things down to like your paint, you sing, you write and then you know other people |
| 1:37.0 | maybe make movies or whatever but I think a more responsible, a more theologically robust, |
| 1:43.0 | a more humanly honoring understanding of art and creativity broadens that definition and has more |
| 1:51.0 | to do with the posture I'm in in relationships with the things that I do rather than the particular |
| 1:55.0 | things that I do. How do I approach the things that I do? That's the thing that makes it artistry or |
| 2:01.0 | makes you creativity because you and I both know there's some folks, there's some people in the world |
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