Emphasis Preaching Journal

In the book Conceptual Blockbusting, A Guide to Better Ideas, author James L. Adams talks about the cultural blocks to creativity. There are the cultural pressures to come up with right answers, and the need for approval that keeps us from taking the risks inherent in creative thinking. The accepted ways of looking at things, the safe and careful ways of living, weave a net of security that prevent us from breaking through and experiencing anything different from what we have been brought up with.