Who is creative? All of us are – the entire human race. The creative person is open to change, refusing to believe that the present way of doing things has to remain constant forever. People and communities that are living creatively are in the process of becoming. In the twenty-first century, our growth – indeed our very survival as individuals, as a community, and as a species – depends on our exercising creativity for the benefit of all.
Michael Bauer is professor of organ and church music at the University of Kansas. His book is called Arts Ministry: Nurturing the Creative Life of God’s People.