Aspects of Art in Worship

Today, three aspects of art in worship.

The first is a response to the statement “Good enough for the church.” And includes a quote I really admire:  “… as long as I keep reading and responding to God’s love letter to artists, everything else is going to take care of itself.” Jon Acuff. Read more here:

http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/185-good-enough-for-the-church-or-gods-love-letter-to-artists/#

Here is an interesting question about art presented by Nazarene Pastor, Jeremy D. Scott of Hingham, MA. "Where, who, what have you found these days that speaks to the soul that's saturated with Wesleyan-Arminian theology?" Are you interested in finding out more? Visit his blog at: 

http://www.jeremydscott.com/2009/12/wesleyan-art.html

A news item about an artist who paints as worship:

Prophetic artist Carollynn Durant of Atlanta demonstrated praise through painting in her program “Art and the African American Religious Experience”… Durant said she is legally blind. With contact lenses, she sees at 20/100, but without them, she sees at about 20/2200. “I’m 33, but I have vision like I’m 83,” she said.

She depends on feeling and God’s guidance, not what she sees or plans, to create her paintings, she said. Also, though she is nearly blind, colors loom large for her. She sees colors when she sees people, and since childhood she has seen the world through color.

When she does prophetic painting, Durant plays music to inspire her. Her favorite singers are Jill Scott and Erykah Badu.

Read more:

http://martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=22200

[What’s the link to New England? …she attends my son’s church in Atlanta. J]

Whatever you do, do it well and do it as unto God.

Blessings!

p.s please share your response to any of these articles.