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Beholding To Transforming: Beauty And The Arts, Frank Burch Brown, Lisa De Boer, Susan Felch, Linda Witte Henke, Eric O. Jacobsen, Debra Rienstra, Laura Smit, Mark Torgerson
Beholding To Transforming: Beauty And The Arts, Frank Burch Brown, Lisa De Boer, Susan Felch, Linda Witte Henke, Eric O. Jacobsen, Debra Rienstra, Laura Smit, Mark Torgerson
Symposium on Worship Archive
Two handouts from a seminar on beauty and the arts.
New York artist Mako Fujimura once asked if a tree is more beautiful in full bloom or just as the pedals begin to fall when a breeze passes by.... What does scripture mean when it speaks of beauty? How does this affect our engagement with the arts in worship? Part of our challenge in congregations is that everyone comes to worship with such a different understanding of what is beautiful and how much it really matters. This day will probe how we might more meaningfully convey the "glory of God …