Monthly Archives: May 2016

Why Are We Called to Encourage?

Why are we called to encourage? In Hebrews 3:13, we are told to “encourage one another daily.” Then, in 1 Thessalonians 5:11, it says, “encourage one another and build one another up.” We also learn in Proverbs 12:25 that, “Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.” So, with this in…

Thomas Kinkade – New Horizons

New Horizons, my third Life Values print, celebrates the dramatic expansion of our horizons that follows the act of courage. My New Horizons takes us to a timeless harbor of the 18th Century. This classic ship sets confident sail for distant shores under a dramatic sky, as God’s rays pour from the heavens, reminding us…

Everything That Was Broken

Everything that was broken has forgotten its brokenness. I live now in a sky-house, through every window the sun. Also your presence. Our touching, our stories. Earthy and holy both. How can this be, but it is. Every day has something in is whose name is Forever. Poem by Mary Oliver

Art exhibition: “The Spirit Unveiled: Icons of Howard Lerner”

Brooklyn-based artist Howard Lerner layers images that are drawn, painted, and cut up from old vinyl albums to create visual analogies for the viewer. His scenes are constructed from the fantastical and the ordinary, weaving together the ancestries of multiple cultures including dramatic narratives from Judeo-Christian scriptures. Lerner’s icons invite us to contemplate the connection…

Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview

With a Postcript coauthored by Michael W. GoheenIn print for two decades and translated into eight languages, Albert Wolters’s classic formulation of an integrated Christian worldview has been revised and expanded to reach new readers beyond the generation that has already benefited from this clear, concise proposal for transcending the false dichotomy between sacred and…

Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

It is not enough to condemn culture. Nor is it sufficient merely to critique culture or to copy culture. Most of the time, we just consume culture. But the only way to change culture is to create culture. Andy Crouch unleashes a stirring manifesto calling Christians to be culture makers. For too long, Christians have…

“Walking on Water” – Makoto Fujimura

Makoto Fujimura, recently appointed Director of Fuller’s Brehm Center, is an artist, writer, and speaker who is recognized worldwide as a cultural shaper. A Presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts from 2003-2009, Fujimura served as an international advocate for the arts, speaking with decision makers and advising governmental policies on the arts….

Christian Artist Resource

A Visual Guide for the Christian Artist As a Christian artist, do you create with the awareness of your destiny? Something to think about, isn’t it? Perhaps you are eager to fulfill God’s plan, yet unsure of how to live it out. You can use the gift that God gave you to create meaningful art.

MAKOTO FUJIMURA

Makoto Fujimura, recently appointed Director of Fuller’s Brehm Center, is an artist, writer, and speaker who is recognized worldwide as a cultural shaper. A Presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts from 2003-2009, Fujimura served as an international advocate for the arts, speaking with decision makers and advising governmental policies on the arts….

Christian Modern Art

A comprehensive internet directory of the best modern and contemporary Christian art on the web. Whether the art is abstract, realistic, surreal, impressionist, expressionist, or anything in between; it is inspiring to see God glorified in this amazing collection of amazing Christian modern art from the Web. Browse the artist’s sites below and surf through…