by social@thebtscenter.org | Nov 27, 2025 | Art and Creativity, Blog, Creative Insights
By Peterson Toscano Producer, Climate Changed podcast When I first heard Pax Ressler’s Woven Again, I didn’t imagine looms or spinning wheels. I heard something more internal, more human—a sense of a frayed connection, of kinship lost with each other and all living...
by Kay Ahmed | Apr 30, 2019 | 21stCenturyReligion, Commentary
It’s all a game. These are not the words that the demands of our time might seem to merit. With the world on fire and political turmoil having become the constantly unsettling norm, we know that the church is being called to action in ways many of us had not imagined...
by Kay Ahmed | Mar 6, 2019 | Art and Creativity, Creative Insights
Artist DeAnne Parks brings scripture and spirituality to visual life through vivid images that enliven religious spaces throughout the Upper Midwest. She shared a selection of her works and insight into her creative process with Bearings. ~Ed. When I begin, I have no...
by Kay Ahmed | Jan 30, 2019 | 21stCenturySpirituality, Art and Creativity, Creative Insights
It’s no secret that the bulk of religious iconography from across spiritual traditions highlights the faces of men, oftentimes whitewashed to erase the varied hues of skin that our saints embodied. Overlooked, strategically erased, and missing are the bold faces of...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Apr 3, 2018 | Art and Creativity
The three essays in this month’s magazine describe some ways creativity is being cultivated in some churches and church-like spaces. There are varied expressions highlighted: there is poetry; there is music; there is visual art. Ellen McGrath Smith describes The...
