Hans Rookmaaker’s ‘Four Freedoms’ and Christian Art (Part I)
Dr. E. John Walford is Professor of Art History at Wheaton College, Illinois, where he has taught since 1981. He is author of Jacob…
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The Difficult Path of Discernment
Last Sunday I started a series with the youth in our community on the topic of discerning popular culture as Christians. They’re loving it….
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Radical Homemaking and the Christian Life
As many mothers who begin to ‘stay at home’, I struggled to define my role and justify my decision to cease employment. I know…
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Art, Discipleship, and Paying Attention
Both art and discipleship depend on paying attention. I cannot speak for all artists, but I have dabbled in instrumental and choral music, theatre,…
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For the Beauty of the Earth: A Review
A Review of Bouma-Prediger, Steven. For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010.) The…
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Is Tolkien Useless?
Cole Matson is a Theology finalist at the University of Oxford. He writes about Christianity and theatre at The Unicorn Triumphant. During his talk…
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Issues with Improv
Because I am researching theatrical improvisation as a model for Christian living, I often get questions about improv from people who are skeptical that…
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The Amazing, Anonymous Banksy!
Frustration with the state of ‘modern’ art sometimes leads Christians to long nostalgically for the days of the ‘anonymous medieval craftsman.’ Those were the…
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Avatars, Profile Pics, and the Visual Representation of Self-image
What does your profile picture say about you? What about your avatar? A little while ago Ben Myers shared some thoughts towards the development…
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