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Jamie Skillen on Creation Care and Sabbath Rest

Christians often talk about the doctrine of creation as mainly about origins and God’s glory. Jamie Skillen goes deeper by looking at God’s purpose in creation and how that applies to creation care.

Conversation | August 04, 2017

Beauty, Silence, and Culture Care: An Interview with Makoto Fujimura

Theologian Neal Plantinga engages with artist and author Mako Fujimura on his vision for complementing recent work on creation care with what he has termed “culture care”—a redemptive approach to artistry and other forms of cultural engagement which seeks to contribute to “the healing of the nations.”

Video | March 14, 2017

Silence and Beauty — Prayers for the Suffering Church

This vesper service from the 2017 Calvin Symposium on Christian Worship focuses on prayers for the suffering church.

Video | March 10, 2017

Silence, Beauty, and the Shape of Christian Discipleship

A video conversation and discussion guide to help shape Christian responses to questions of love and suffering, silence and beauty, as explored in the Martin Scorsese movie ‘Silence’ based on Shusaku Endo's novel.

Article | Video | November 28, 2016

Deborah Sokolove on Sanctifying Art

Artist, writer and teacher Deborah Sokolove explains why humans need art as much as they need food, water or air.

Conversation | May 26, 2016

Worship, Beauty, Justice, and Shalom

In a recent essay on "Beauty & Justice," Nicholas Wolterstorff writes "what unites love of understanding, worship, beauty, and justice is that these are all dimensions of shalom.

Audio | February 20, 2015

If You Want Justice, Work for Beauty

Really? In the face of so much global need, the arts are a necessity?

Feature Story | February 18, 2015

Sandra Bowden on Biblical Artist Sadao Watanabe

Sandra Bowden is a visual artist who has been interpreting scripture and her own spiritual walk through mixed media for more than 40 years.

Conversation | November 20, 2013

Dare to Ask a Beautiful Question

After decades of ministry in hard places, Joel Van Dyke recommends asking beautiful questions and giving away power to experience a deeper unity with all in Christ's body.

Feature Story | May 19, 2010

Beauty Will Save the World: Jonathan Edwards and Abraham Kuyper on Glory and Beauty

Should Christian worship explicitly call our attention to and direct us toward the world and its need, to social action? Or does such worship in fact turn us away from the triune God, the proper focus of our worship? This workshop will explore some ways Abraham Kuyper and Jonathan Edwards?both theologians of beauty and glory, and both very socially engaged?might point us in the right direction.

Audio | January 01, 2008

Simply Christian - N.T. Wright

Based on the speaker's book, this presentation explored the foundations of our spiritual longing and the basics of the Christian faith.

Audio | February 05, 2007