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Isolated for the holidays? You should feast anyway.
Even during a pandemic, feasting is central to Christian worship.
by David Russell Mosley
Christ the artist, we the portfolio
We are God’s artifacts—beautiful, incomplete, and mysterious.
by Samuel Wells
Sanctuary of the Arts was started by Jeff Cheifetz and Amy Shoemaker. Their work reminds me that we don't have experiences separate from our bodies.
by Carol Howard Merritt
Azra Akšamija and Jo Murphy make art that points to things made invisible by fear—both our own fear and our society's.
by Stephanie Paulsell
At a historical art exhibit, I read that the images on display were intended for private devotion. Would it have been subversive of me to pray?
by Carol Zaleski
Mercy Seat spends about $27,000 a year on the arts—a quarter of its annual budget. At those rates, the church is one of the better-paying gigs in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
by Jesse James DeConto