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Visual meditations
Makoto Fujimura: Pentecost
The south wall of the sanctuary is filled with the resplendence of Japanese gold on top of cinnabar and dark red. An intentional “distressed” effect took place when the surface was washed down.
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Jazz, Blues, and Spirituals
Republished:
Hans Rookmaaker, Jazz, Blues, and Spirituals. The Origins and Spirituality of Black Music in the United States.
Reviewed by Jonathan Evens
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2020
List of exhibitions in galleries, museums and churches.
Plus a list of conferences, lectures and events, with a special focus on Europe.
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Christian calendar
Pentecost: Donna Shasteen
by Laurence Mottier
The wings of the bird sweep away all that is cold and arid, dark and desolate. Their red glow tears apart the curtain of our night to let an incredible wave of love stream in.
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Materials for Churches
Materials for Churches
Here you find materials for use in churches, categorized according to the Christian calendar.
There are also materials about the Old and New Testament.
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Denmark: Enghøj Church in Randers
It is especially remarkable how Henning Larsen elaborates on the Danish tradition of a symmetrical white church with tower, while giving this a totally new interpretation.
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Art and Poetry
Luci Shaw & Sebastian Wien
How?
How shall we sing the Lord’s songs
in a strange land? The old rhythms,
the melodies of praise, strangle
in our throats and the words
fall to the ground like leaves in autumn.
Art and Music
Come, Holy Ghost
by Nichlas Schaal and friends
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,
And in our hearts take up thy rest.
Come with thy grace
and heav’nly aid
To fill the hearts which thou hast made.
In the Spotlight
ArtLyst Interview Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker
By Jonathan Evens
It is the limiting of Christian art to only religious themes that I would suggest is not Christian art at its best. Then art becomes dualistic, flowing from a dualistic theology.
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