By John Reedy Title: 3 days Medium: Acrylic I wanted to do something a little different than my usual and go more abstract with this piece. This is a retro style piece symbolizing the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Title: Jesus wept Medium: Acrylic I went with just black and white for … Continue reading Artist Corner: Featuring Art by John Reedy
By Harold Vance “The Kingdom of God is within you,” Tolstoy wrote, After Jesus spoke. In a greater statement, Truth never made its home. For the Kingdom of God, The Kingdom of Heaven, Is in your smile; In the way your warmth enters into my soul; In the way the sun cannot hope to burn … Continue reading The Kingdom of God Is Within You
By Sarah Fujimoto and Lee Melton Picture this. Your meandering your way through a cold, could hear a pin drop on the floor art museum when something catches your eye. Left to ponder, stare, and wonder at the piece in front of you, some questions arise. I wonder, why did they draw that line? I … Continue reading Artist Corner: Featuring Art by Lee Melton
By Caitlin Woodward Skeptical? Yes. I am of most things that cry out from the American Christian sub-culture, “Buy me! I can fix you!” I don’t like the mess of fix-it steps that the well to do American culture has turned Christ’s grace and love into. We don’t need one more boxed and microwavable program … Continue reading Book Review: Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley
By Jonathan Foster If you were Graphite would you ever get upset? People are always taking you for granted, using you then erasing you, using you again. When you finally produce something worthwhile, then what happens? Ink comes along and traces over you to make it “stand out” more. Or worse yet, you’re thrown away … Continue reading Ink vs Graphite
By Jody Matheson Is it with joy or sadness to review an album like My Soul Sings, the latest CD/DVD of the world renowned worship group, Delirious? There is joy in listening and watching a tremendous worship band perform, but sadness knowing that I’ve come to the Delirious? table a little too late. I caught … Continue reading My Soul Sings Deliriously: Interview with Martin Smith from Delirious?
By Sammi Deem It is not an everyday occurrence that people take God to marriage counseling. In her book Angry Conversations with God, Susan Isaacs tells the story of how she did just that. Frustrated with her individual relationships with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, Isaacs seeks out a pastor-turned-therapist who ultimately helps her … Continue reading Book Review: Angry Conversations With God by Susan Isaacs
By Sarah Fujimoto Redemption begins with honesty. Lately I’ve been confronted by me not going there. It seems my interests and desires the past few years continue to evolve. Yet, at times I feel like I am stuck in a certain room of a big house, knowing that if I confront the other areas I … Continue reading The Gathering in Philadelphia: Experiencing Freedom Through Art
By Sarah Fujimoto I found out this morning of a serious diagnosis in my immediate family. Not knowing how to react, what I was thinking or feeling, I just sat there numb. I have never experienced something to this level with someone that is so close to me. So I sat and I cried. Not … Continue reading Art Heals
By Jonathan Foster One of my favorite non-fiction books is called Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils and Rewards of Artmaking. One of the authors tells of an exchange he had with his piano teacher where in frustration he said, “But I can hear the music so much better in my head than what … Continue reading The Asset of Uncertainty