Culture • Christianity & Culture The Return of the Prodigal Son: From Two Artistic Vantage Points Randy Newman | 9 min read On a recent visit to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, I was drawn to a painting I had not seen there or anywhere else before. My first guess was that it was by Rembrandt because the overall hue was that rich dark brown the great Dutch painter used so frequently. And like... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture If Vincent Van Gogh Could Have Met C. S. Lewis Randy Newman | 9 min read In the same instant, I felt both disappointment and inspiration. Does that seem contradictory? It didn’t at the time. In fact, I was thankful for both. My wife and I had been strolling joyfully on a walking tour through Arles, France. As a part of an “In the footsteps of Van Gogh” tour, we arrived... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture The Art of Meditation and The Meditation of Art Randy Newman | 11 min read If someone asked me what my favorite work of art is, I would not be able to answer. I would start listing favorites (plural) and say why selecting just one would create too many headaches for me. But if someone asked me which work of art I have looked at most in my life, the... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture The Seven Basic Plots and the One Basic Plot: Cosper, Booker, and The Stories We Tell Will Herron | 9 min read Being parents of young children, it was a rare occasion (even pre-pandemic!) when my wife and I were able to get out to dinner and a movie. Our last cinema outing had ended with us both falling asleep (an unfortunate reflection of our engagement with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug). On this occasion, however,... Continue Reading
Culture • Christianity & Culture Culture is Upstream from Politics: 50 Responses Dr. Steven Garber | 56 min read Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in November of 2016. When I was a boy, my grandfather and I spent summers buying cattle throughout Colorado. Mostly of course, he was the buyer, but there were moments when, with a certain twinkle in his eye, he would let me be the bidder, nudging me to... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Missio on The Tabernacle: The Spiritual Gift of Creating Beauty Becca Hermes | 6 min read For my whole adult life, I have wrestled with having creative talents. Some artists know with certainty, early on, what they were made to do. They delight in the joy of creating just as surely as their creative Heavenly Father delighted in creating them. But that certainty has not been my story. My soul comes... Continue Reading
