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Friedrich’s Subjective Landscapes of the Soul

In the extraordinarily subjective world of Caspar David Friedrich, we are almost always positioned before a landscape that strongly suggests our presence.

Spiritual Craftsmanship in the Sunshine

Beyond the tools of expression of these handcrafted buildings, the most powerful baseline continuity is the purpose of all the effort of their builders: To come closer to God.

Sister Moon Visits the Cathedral

Luke Jerram’s multidisciplinary art practice incorporates sculptures, installations, and live art projects, which have excited and inspired people around the world.

On Making Time for Easter Joy and Ties

God's New Creation isn't utilitarian or shaped by a sterile practicality. Instead, resurrection life is marked by beauty and joy.

Byung Chuhl Han & the Disappearance of Rituals: Diagnosing Our Neoliberal Hellscape?

Rituals, while radically non-utilitarian, can paradoxically serve as tools with which we can resist an empty culture. They help us cope.

Making Music with What’s Possible and Pastoral

It is more important to help people sing what they enjoy than to impose a monolithic vision of what they are supposed to enjoy.

‘I’ve Heard There Was a Secret Chord’

For Andy Doyle, Erika von Haaren, Alicia Hager, Paul Jacobson, and Skip Walker, the creativity of music is integral to their ordained ministry.

The Martyred Church: St. Andoche, Saulieu, France

Saulieu is a small town around 45 miles west of Dijon. Its church of Saint Andoche is believed to trace its foundation to the early years of the fourth century.

Edwin Muir’s Crucial Question

My hope is that one of Edwin Muir’s poems (“The Killing”) will find its way into a few Good Friday sermons.

Diocese of Wisconsin Reveals New Heraldry

The Rev. Guy Selvester, a Roman Catholic priest in South Amboy, New Jersey, consulted with the diocese on the heraldry.

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