“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”

Matthew 5:13

We create sacred spaces through the arts that inspire imagination, deepen faith and recover a sense of awe so that the Church can remember her first love.

Our most important command as Christians is to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, minds and strength, and then to love our neighbors as ourselves.

But we have a problem.

Between a polarizing atmosphere in our politics, anxiety over our future, and personal tragedies and trials, many of us have been overcome with fear and have been tempted to resort to anger, hatred and sometimes violence. Corruption and sexual scandals have plagued our churches, making them ineffective at bringing the beauty of Christ to our broken world. We are losing our trust and credibility in society and as a consequence there has been a mass exodus of church attendees among millennials and GenZ.

Yet, the world is hungry for the transcendent. It needs a church body that is healthy and can effectively bring the hope of Christ to those who are hurting.

How can we heal our churches? How can we break through the anger and fear that has hijacked the witness of the Church? How can we bring people back to a quiet trust in God’s ultimate sovereignty when the world feels like it is falling apart?

Science has shown that reason does not work against these powerful emotions, but one thing does: awe

A Call To Recover the Arts In Our Churches

Aesthetics have long been abandoned in many church spaces, most apparently in the Evangelical Churches, and we are impoverished because of this. Hans Urs von Balthasar, author of “The Glory of the Lord” stated, "Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she [beauty] will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance."

The consequences of abandoning aesthetics and the failure to recognize its ability to contribute to spiritual formation are evident today. The arts have a beautiful and disarming way of telling the whole redemptive story of the cross. They can engage with our hearts and temper our mood. They can speak to the ineffable in a way that both confronts us and activates empathy. They can inspire imagination and deepen our faith, moving us to a place of awe.

It’s time to recover the arts.

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold.

What We Do

    • Create places for upcoming projects, corporate prayer, meditation an reflection with concerts and other arts related events. See our current and upcoming projects.

    • Devotionals and reflections on scripture incorporating works of art.

    • Articles on the intersection between faith and the arts on our Substack.

    • Resources for worship leaders to bring more variety into worship services.

  • COMING SOON

    • Classes and group discussions on the intersection between faith and arts, and various other topics.

    • Book clubs and online meet-ups.