MORE: Easter / Bright Thursday with Creativity Refresh 12 / 7:12

 

While the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed and even little Glory Be offer the basic tenets of Christian faith, we can still add more to intensify our daily walk with Christ.

More can mean a greater understanding of the church year, such as knowing Holy Week and Bright Week. More can also mean additional readings to add to our daily devotions.

Reading through the Bible can be a challenging daily devotion, especially when we are deep into Leviticus or the minor prophets or weeping Jeremiah. Supplementing with additional small readings can make the uphill struggle of the laws or the Lamentations bearable.

The Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi is one such addition.

In the Creativity for Writers segment, we consider the hardest method of all to refresh our creativity.

TIMINGS

00:40 Introduction

00:50 Bright Thursday

04:40 Creativity Refresh 12

09:05 Closing

Total Run Time = 10:30

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/1MLb9c9_QdE

The Prayer As a Song https://youtu.be/ZABZroCGXTU?si=J0OYhJ763_KXJnZf

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-bright-thursday-with-creativity-refresh-12-712/?token=341380ab5724434e93d9579c81fd048c

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.

MORE: Easter / Bright Wednesday, Emmaus, and Creativity Refresh 11 / 7:11

 

He is Risen! That’s the word the women gave, based on the evidence of the tomb and the word of the bright angel who reassured them.

Yet the disciples could not bring themselves to believe. They wanted to, desperately, but their earthly realism prevented complete belief.

Our focus today is on the event three days after the Crucifixion, on the day of the Resurrection, when two of the Jesus’ followers are walking on the road to Emmaus.

In the Creativity Refresh segment, we discuss the management of two guiding principles of writing that constantly affect creativity.

TIMINGS

• 00:41 Introduction
• 00:50 Bright Wednesday
• 06:00 Creativity Refresh 11
• 10:50 Closing

Total Run Time = 11:51

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/VC99lBtdJr8

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-bright-wed-emmaus-creativity-refresh-11-711/?token=93eae6b59970cc4a09433a083340f1c8

 

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.

MORE: Easter / Bright Tuesday and Creativity Refresh 10 / 7:10

 

In this day of contemporary music and blended worship services, with guitars and drums accompanying the pianos and organs, the bland traditional services of my childhood now seem strange.

God calls upon us to make a joyful noise in praise to Him. Music creates a harmonious celebration. Psalm 150 even lists the instruments for accompaniment.

Our question today is how do we use music in our daily life?

In the Creativity Refresh segment, we focus on managing the flatness of our ideas and words and encountering roadblocks.

TIMINGS

• 00:40 Introduction
• 00:50 Bright Tuesday
• 03:35 Creativity Refresh 10
• 11:05 Closing

Total Run Time = 12:05

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/E88zKRELlHw

Audio 

 

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.

MORE: Easter / Bright Monday with Creativity Refresh 9 / 7:09

 

Easter began with Sunrise—the tomb open and empty, the faithful women first to see, first to receive the good news, first to spread the good news.

This week should be the most celebrated time in the church, yet it is often more neglected than any other time of the church.

Fasting and grief are over; feast and joy return. Christ is Risen!  Christ is Lord of All!

Today is Easter Monday, Bright Monday. On this day, let’s examine one of the foundational creeds of Christianity, a creed that helped fight heresies of the past and that can fight heresies of today.

In our Creativity for Writers segment, our focus continues to be ways to fuel the creative spark.

 TIMINGS

• 00:00 Welcome
• 00:40 Introduction
• 00:50 Bright Monday / Apostles’ Creed
• 10:10 Fuel for the Creative Spark / Refresh 9
• 17:17 Closing

Total Run Time = 18:16

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/MKQ4jkm5bOc

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-bright-monday-with-creativity-refresh-9-709/?token=387afd9b860880148551fb3697a33ea1

MORE: Easter / Easter Day with Creativity Refresh 8 / 7:08

 

On Easter, we greet each other with “He is risen.”

The traditional response is “He is risen indeed.”

Easter is our great hope and assurance, the fulfillment of the promise of John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

My efforts for an Easter reflection to share with you were poor indeed, and it is a wise writer who recognizes her inadequacies. Thus, I have three reflections by others to share on this most holy day.

In the Creativity for Writers segment, the topic is finding a new perspective.

 

TIMINGS

• 00:00 Welcome
• 00:40 Introduction
• 00:50 Easter Day
• 05:15 Refresh 8
• 10:30 Closing

Total Run Time = 11:30

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/b6nXeGyvrTs

Johann Habermann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Habermann

Book of Common Prayer, 1552 :: 1928 edition https://www.amazon.com/1928-Book-Common-Prayer/dp/0195285255/ OR 1979 edition https://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Deluxe-Personal/dp/0898691117/

Charles Spurgeon, sermon delivered April 21, 1889, in London. Available in its entirety in The Complete Spurgeon Sermons Collection. https://www.amazon.com/Spurgeons-Sermons-Volumes-C-Spurgeon/dp/1598568329/ OR https://www.spurgeongems.org/spurgeon-sermons/

Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/04/more-easter-easter-day-with-creativity.html

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-easter-day-with-creativity-refresh-8-708/?token=71b896a34556b7af7f9cdb67a74d48ca 

 

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.

MORE: Easter / Black Saturday with Creativity Refresh 7 / 7:07

 What is the key to Holy Saturday? 

The church is bare, the altar blackened, all hope entombed with Christ.

Black Saturday is the vigil before Easter’s Resurrection. After the Crucifixion, the black veil is removed from the altar cross, for Christ is brought down from the 300-pound cross that the Sanhedrin and the Romans intended to be His failure.

They didn't know the key, though.

After our focus on Black Saturday, the creativity segment considers our physical workspace for writing.

 

TIMINGS

• 00:00 Welcome
• 00:40 Introduction
• 00:50 Black Saturday
• 05:05 Refresh 7
• 09:36 Closing

Total Run Time = 10:37

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/aZQuZMgK80U

Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment” https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/3-michelangelos-sistine-chapel-michele-falzone.jpg

Matt Papa “The Story of God” https://youtu.be/E4cL-Zcxa9M

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-black-saturday-with-creativity-refresh-7-for-writers-707/?token=445edbc4ef7e82c2f085bcab694e3f84 

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.

MORE: Easter / Good Friday and Creativity Refresh 6 / 7:06

Why is Good Friday “Good”?

That is the official title of this meditation, but the focus is something else.

First, the answer to the question is basically because we received the best gift in the world, the gift of redeeming salvation from Christ Jesus.

Our focus is an aspect of that question / answer, wrapped up in a behavior of self-denial. On this Good Friday, let us consider the reason we say no to opportunities.

In the Refresh that Creativity segment, we focus on a strong method to awaken new ideas.

TIMINGS

• 00:00 Welcome
• 00:40 Introduction
• 00:50 Good Friday
• 10:00 Refresh 6
• 14:52 Closing

Total Run Time = 15:53

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/-cmJCtHWSas 

Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/04/more-easter-good-friday-and-creativity.html

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-good-friday-creativity-refresh-6-for-writers-706/?token=e5ad9092d5cc086470b6f5f2e6aa183c

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.