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‘Click to Insert Image’: PowerPoint & ‘Art’ in the Church
Posted on 01/05/2013 | 6 CommentsI’m not sure when the shift to using PowerPoint in the church happened. At some point, screens replaced paper, words replaced notes, and the orientation of the congregation was all in one direction – towards the projection. While some suggest... -
Worship and Identity: The Role of Beauty in the Church
Posted on 25/04/2013 | No CommentsA church service may look like a gathering of very ordinary people – with all our sins and weaknesses – but that is just what it looks like, not what it is. Wherever two or three are gathered in Christ’s... -
Through Stained Glass Dimly Lit
Posted on 01/04/2013 | 4 CommentsFrom the beginning till now the entire creation, as we know it, has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first fruits of the Spirit, we too... -
Journey Through Easter: Participatory Art in the Church
Posted on 29/03/2013 | No CommentsDuring Holy Week, it is common for churches to provide opportunities to enter imaginatively into the Passion narrative. Whether Maundy Thursday watches, Stations of the Cross, pilgrimages, or contemplative church services, these moments help us find our place in the... -
The Host
Posted on 27/03/2013 | 2 CommentsMartin Firrell’s The Question Mark Inside (light-projection, St Paul’s Cathedral, 2008) was discussed during a recent symposium on Art in Sacred Spaces at London’s National Gallery. The work received positive support but also notable contempt when one participant compared it to Reagan’s... -
Reflecting on the Lion’s World during Lent: Scripture and Literature in Conversation
Posted on 25/02/2013 | No CommentsFormer Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams recently published a compact volume reflecting on the theological riches of Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, titled The Lion’s World: A journey into the heart of Narnia (SPCK, 2012). This book has been chosen to serve as... -
Marcus Coates: A Quest for Visions – Contemporary Art & the Church
Posted on 07/11/2012 | 3 CommentsOne of the most intriguing individuals at work in the art world today is Marcus Coates, a curiously atavistic figure, part-shaman, part-performance artist, whose most recent venture has been a long-term residency in and around London’s Elephant and Castle, documented...
