Becoming A Creative Pastor (Featuring Tyler Staton)

About this episode

Tyler Staton discusses the call for pastors to embrace creativity and imagination in their ministry.

How is this era in church history inviting us into creative exploration? In this episode, Tyler Staton invites us to recover a renewed sense of pastoral imagination. Drawing from the creation account in Genesis, he reflects on God as a creator and artist, considering what it means for pastors to participate in God's enduring work to cultivate life, beauty, and renewal. This teaching calls us to step off the treadmill of urgency and to join God boldly and creatively in the here and now. This session was held at the Practicing the Way Pastor Conference in Los Angeles, California, in 2026. To find more resources and experiences tailored just for you—the pastor—visit practicingtheway.org/pastor. This podcast and its episodes are free, thanks to the generosity of The Circle and other givers. You can learn more about The Circle or contribute toward future resources like this podcast at practicingtheway.org/give.

People in this episode

Host: Practicing the Way

Guest: Tyler Staton

Topics covered

• pastoral imagination
• creative exploration
• cultivating life
• beauty
• renewal

Keywords

• pastoral creativity
• Genesis
• church history
• cultivation
• artistry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Practicing the Way, The Circle

Places: Los Angeles, California

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