There is a huge expectation for artists today to be original and innovative in reaching today's culture with the message of Christ. As we attempt this, what happens if we fail? It is OK?
In Phil Cooke's "Change Revolution," he answers a resounding YES. In fact, he encouraged his team to fail big. "I want my team to fail because they dreamed big, stretched too far, over-reached, or tried something new that no one has tried before."
Creativity requires risk. "A wide door for effective work has opened," the
Apostle Paul wrote to the church at Corinth, "and there are many
adversaries" (I Cor. 16:19). The potential for failure is certainly one of
those adversaries.
Leonard Sweet writes that because Jesus “…expects us to fail, and has provided us with a sacrament of failure, we can shake off the shackles that fetter us to success and be free to fail without guilt, without embarrassment, without timidity."
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