A.W. Tozer once said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us” (Knowledge of the Holy). In the same way, Philip Ryken persuasively argues in Art for God’s Sake that “What we believe about art is based on what we believe about God. Art is what it is…
Within a moment can exist the fullness of life and within a single town can exist the fullness of the world. Having spent seventy-four of his seventy-six years in a single parsonage, Reverend John Ames found the world in Gilead, Iowa. Through Ames’ world in Gilead and the moment of fleeting life in Reverend Ames, Marilynne Robinson…
This block is not in my head. It is in my heart. Tearing at the part of me that once burned white hot. I have lost sight of the Artist So my words become artless… I used to know how to do this thing. Now I don’t have any ideas. Why do I have this…
“Is that really art?” -It is the question over everyone’s head in a modern art museum. The question is not new, and the discussion on modern art is longstanding. H. R. Rookmaaker’s Modern Art and the Death of a Culture invites readers into the discussion on modern art, what it is, where it came from, and why…
The Candied Apple Tree There once was a little girl. She lived in a world of pleasure where people sang and ate and danced according to their own desires, binging on desserts and sweets and whatever their mouths craved. For, this particular world knew nothing of nutrition; in fact, they were ignorant of their unhealthiness….
There once was a little girl. She lived in a world of pleasure where people sang and ate and danced according to their own desires, bingeing on desserts and sweets and whatever their mouths craved. For this particular world knew nothing of nutrition; in fact, they were ignorant of their unhealthiness. Rather, they thought their…
Everyone Loves a Good Story Stories have always been something familiar. Ask somebody what their favorite story is and they won’t stare back with a blank look wondering what the word ‘story’ means. As children, we’re introduced to this world of stories where there’s danger and adventure everywhere, dragons really do exist, princesses sneak away from their lives…
Christian musicians are able to create God-glorifying music that gives spiritual and Christian experiences to the Western church without being purely descriptive or having overtly Christian lyrics. MUSIC MAKES PEOPLE FEEL Everyone has that one song. Picture the average member of the Western world. As soon as “that song” is turned on, he is suddenly…
Introduction Living in the second decade of the 21st century, it is easy to forget that the technologies that characterize our every day lives were, at best, a far-fetched dream not that long ago. The web log, or blog, as it has come to be known, is no exception. For, as Andrew Sullivan writes, “Every writer since the…
A Comparison Between the Role of Local Culture in Radio in both America and Ireland. Everything is dark but for the small pool of light that splashes under my bedroom door. I enjoy this space to think. I am alone yet connected. Connected to a one person yet conscious of the community. I’m listening to…