Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves
Imagining Our Neighbours as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy Mary W. McCampbell Fortress Press, 2022. 193 pp “Hate is a failure of imagination” So begins the Introduction of this engaging work dr... Read More
God and Wonder
Jeffrey W. Barbeau & Emily Hunter McGowin, editors. Cascade Books, 2022. 202 pp The editors are theology professors at Wheaton College and this collection of essays consists of papers from the fin... Read More
Rembrandt is in the Wind
Rembrandt is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art Through the Eyes of Faith Russ Ramsey, Zondervan, 2022 (210 pp) The opening chapter of this fine book offers a brief reflection on goodness, truth and ... Read More
Your Requests
Your Requests – This new album consists of requests that Laila Biali has received from friends and fans in the past decade. This is volume 1 and it’s a wonderful collection of familiar tunes... Read More
All Music is a Searching
All music is a means of searching out the sacred. ~ James MacMillan, composer There is a trend gaining momentum that voices the links between art and faith. On matters of religious faith, silence has ... Read More
The Mother Tongue
“Poetry is the mother tongue of the human race.” – J.G. Hamann (1730–1788) How do we negotiate our way through the difficult terrain of an uncertain world? The unsettling realities of cont... Read More
Mike Janzen – The Psalms Project
Powerful, beautiful, and restorative, The Psalms Project are Psalm-inspired songs that Janzen composed and arranged while recovering from a serious concussion injury, later recording them during the p... Read More
The Call of Advent
Advent is easily missed, lost in the fog of our consumerist culture that draws us to focus on Christmas and hurry our way to celebration. Feasting, celebration and gifts are fitting human expressions ... Read More