Spirituality and the Arts

Spirituality and the Arts

The changing face of prayer

There is a state of being available to all persons everywhere that is readily found in that which most thrills the soul.

Being found again in a poem

Music, writing, and poetry have always been the primary means by which I engage the Holy. More correctly, it is God’s way of assuring access to me, to my deepest parts. Perhaps it is the same for you?

Begins a beginning

There was a day, long ago, when the taste of dying flesh was insufficiently gratifying to a Middle Eastern tomb.

Give me (I)s to see

El-roi, the God who sees, brings our renewal by means of others. They provide our clearest vision of who we really are.

Life as art

Life as concerto. The concerto, as a musical device, is specifically constructed to give singular voice to one or more particular instruments in the larger collective we call the orchestra. The task of the conductor is to allow the instrument in question the fullest opportunity for it to shine against the broader backdrop of musical community. …

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