Rachel Hollis is

In your face

Real

Relevant

 

Author Rachel Hollis’ story is a rags to riches narrative, the heroine moving from Weedpatch (actual name!), California, to luxurious Bel Air, near Hollywood. Her book, published by Thomas Nelson in 2018, is also a memoir of sorts: edgy Christian lifestyle guru struggling through life as we all do with glitches, traumatic events–and triumphs. An entrepreneur who began as a blogger, she founded Chic Media, now a burgeoning enterprise.

 

Rachel is of a younger generation than I, a Millennial, most likely. Curious about her point of view and because I needed a break from heavier non-fiction, like G. K. Chesterton’s essay collection, I picked up her book at the library. You can read my review here.

Her “take” on creativity in the writing life intrigued me; it’s one I can identify with. Here is a passage I bookmarked with the text printed below the snapshot:

 

Writingβ€”for meβ€”is its own kind of worship.

The definition of worship is the β€œfeeling of expression or reverence for a deity.” Creating is the greatest expression of reverence I can think of because I recognize that the desire to make something asΒ a gift from God. The freedom to carve out the time and have a safe place to create that art is a blessing of the highest level in a world where so many people are unable to have either. Every time I indulge in the art of creation without worrying about what the public will think of it is craft in its purest formβ€”and craft can be any old thing at all. For me it’s writing. For you it might be painting, making quilts, or take a Thursday-night ballet class. Whether or not something is good or worthy is up for interpretation, and if you’re unconcerned about other people’s interpretations, then everything you make is fantastic.

Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β  I hope you’ll remember this in your own life, and I hope you’ll create for yourself. Do it in celebration of your ability to do so.

~ Rachel Hollis in Girl, Wash Your Face

 

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Β Till I come, give attention to reading.Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  ~ I Timothy 4:13,Β  New King Jams Version

 

Then the LordΒ answered me and said: β€œWriteΒ theΒ visionΒ And makeΒ it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.”Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  ~ Β Habakkuk 2:2,Β  New KJV


 

You are invited to a book signing at San Marco Books and More

 

When: Saturday, August 29, 2020

Time: 2-4 pm

Featuring: Autographed copies of Mennonite Daughter: The Story of a Plain Girl along with other local authors

An outdoor event. Directions in this link.

 


 

Who/What stirs your creative juices?

Do you think of writing as a kind of worship?

What books, poetry or prose, have provided you with inspiration?