Arts and Creativity - August 2024

Art and faith have walked hand in hand for thousands of years, though Anabaptists have historically valued well crafted words or music higher than visual arts. And so we focus now on visual art.

We have more questions than answers sometimes. What do we connect with when we create? What about when we observe or interact with art? Can beauty be a way to God? How does the process of creating change us? Is beauty in the life of faith a luxury or a necessity? How does art fit into a broken, hurting world?

“Attention is the beginning of devotion,” Mary Oliver writes. As we transition from summer back to the rhythms of fall, let our attention rest on the Art and Beauty around us.

Artwork by Bruce Bishop, Trevor Daugherty, Justin Rothshank, Lois Kaufmann, Slyvie Guden, John Blosser and Helen Glick 

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