{"id":2274,"date":"2012-04-23T09:49:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T13:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2012-04-23T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T13:49:39","slug":"life-as-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/23\/life-as-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Life as Art&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a message presented at\u00a0<a title=\"Mosaic -- Erwin McMannus\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mosaic.org\" target=\"_blank\">Mosaic<\/a><\/strong>, Erwin McMannus spoke words like these to those assembled:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Life is a work of art.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The canvas you paint first is your life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Then your life becomes the brush<\/em><br \/>\n<em>from which you paint<\/em><br \/>\n<em>the world you touch,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>while you are on this planet.<\/em><br \/>\n(Erwin McMannus in\u00a0<em>Artisan: Soul \u2014 the Essence of Art<\/em>\u00a02\/12\/2012)<\/p>\n<p>Is that true? Is your life a work of art?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The book of Ephesians says that we are God&#8217;s workmanship<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; his handiwork. In a sense, we are his artwork, and we are created for good works in Christ.<\/p>\n<p>This podcast examines several truths about how to live your life as a work of art. It discusses how to live well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1922\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2274-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/2012\/20120422WhoAreYouBecoming.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/2012\/20120422WhoAreYouBecoming.mp3\">http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/2012\/20120422WhoAreYouBecoming.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/2012\/20120422WhoAreYouBecoming.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=2274-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/2012\/20120422WhoAreYouBecoming.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20120422WhoAreYouBecoming.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a message presented at\u00a0Mosaic, Erwin McMannus spoke words like these to those assembled: Life is a work of art. The canvas you paint first is your life. Then your life becomes the brush from which you paint the world &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/23\/life-as-art\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,1],"tags":[194,487],"class_list":["post-2274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-godly-living","category-sermon-podcasts","category-spiritual-life","tag-art","tag-spirituality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvmV-AG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}