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 | Nov 11, 2017 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyMinistry, Gratitude
I’m going to put a whole lot of honesty on the table: I find the age we live in very disturbing. Perhaps you share my concern or, worse yet, have been the object of concern from the likes of me. The truth is, my peace has been disturbed. As an African-American man,...
