didn’t limit “creativity” to the arts, once quipping that he preferred first-rate soup to second-rate art.) But meeting felt needs is not enough. Each person has even deeper needs. Augustine of Hippo spoke of a restlessness that is only met in God. Another has graphically described our need for our Creator as a “God-shaped vacuum.” Even if our physical, mental, social, and sexual needs are fully met, we are still haunted by that “restlessness” without God. Indiana Wesleyan University’s
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