Go ahead. Go google “Evangelical arts.” I’ll wait. … As one of the first acts of his new reign as AP religion editor, Eric Gorski has decided to prove that some Evangelicals DO care about quality art. The article mentions current EV arts heavy-hitters, Mako Fujimura, Dick Staub, Andy Crouch, and Craig Detweiler. How can you go wrong? Will you
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I know you’re all busy reading about Sir Harry Potter and figuring out who died, so I’ll make this short. When you’re done, come on back and leave a comment or something. I wanted to draw our attention to a statement made recently on the Mars Hill Audio site by Ken Myers about the importance of arts to a full
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Happy belated 4th of July! Hope you had a good one. My own family celebrated in style, on our butts, transfixed by the kaleidoscope of imported explosive devices that screamed and flashed and with any luck, helped to feed many underprivileged Chinese families for another few months. But sitting there, pondering the freedom we so often take for granted in
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For the greater purposes of our community here, I offer this short bit adapted from “A Defence of Poesy” by Sir Philip Sidney, 1595. I’m hoping to offer more as time allows, and if you find it helpful (you can find the original text here, and an excellent introduction to Sir Sidney’s defense in Don Williams’ essay, "Christian Poetics, Past
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Remember that movie? Well, I’m back after 10 days’ vacation, and I’m ready for another 10. Why are summers the busiest season in bookdom? It’s enough to make me want to teach just to have summers off. Time for sleep, little Charlotte… Babies crying has been my life for going on 5 years now and I still haven’t developed that
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