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Art, encouragement and stories from creative communities around the world.

A Captivating Gift | Yellowhammer Hymns
Yellowshammer Hymns’ new album, “Safe from Harm”, is a collection of hymns was written during the COVID-19 crisis that engulfed the world in March 2020. The songs reflect the weakness and dependence forced upon Colson

Rhythms of Rest
Recently, my husband and I participated in an online Soul Care Cohort led by Pastor Matt Alexander. Matt has been a church planter in Miami, FL and now serves as a church planting coach in

Cross-Cultural Missions
A Conversation with Nick and Kathryn Kircher After spending several years serving in Asia, Nick and Kathryn are currently on staff with United Adoration. Nick is an ethnomusicologist, someone who studies the music of the

Introducing Terry Wildman “Creating in Your Local Context”
For Wildman, making art for the local church means knowing the people, identifying their needs & working to meet those needs creatively.

Can You Be Healed From Past Trauma?
Suffering and issues of mental and physical health will always be a part of it until Jesus returns and creates all things new, and yet, God is actively recreating it right in front of our

Creativity as Soul Care
Our work as artists connects us to a Creator, whose wonderful diversity in Creation created you and me, whose works are beautiful and precious to him who created us. We nurture our souls when we

Does God Heal Today?
Trauma can cause us to question the goodness of God in the wake of our pain, but God can bring healing and joy to our hearts again. Read the story of Dana Standridge, a choreographer

Kintsugi People in a Fractured World
I believe that the Kintsugi art form has significant applications to those called to a vocation in music and worship arts, and to the church as a whole. We have the opportunity to live in

Artists Need Theology
This Eastertide, let us recommit our vocations and creations to Him who saved and redeemed us with his broken body and shed blood. Let us study the Word, alone and with others, because what we