This talk is about moving on from being (overly) critical and into the hospitable vocations of creator and curator.

The Church needs songs and genres that can build up who we are individually and communally and prepare us to be the people of God in a difficult world.

The most beloved fictional places are never seen for long before being overshadowed by fire and death from which they must be saved. But these days we need more than glimpses of the good life in our stories.

How far is too far? Is there room in a Christian creative’s journey for delving into the deep?

Madeline L'Engle wrote a classic fantasy and a theologically rich masterpiece in A Wrinkle in Time. What is that theology and how does imagination help us enter into it? 

In a world of haste and homesickness, we’re all longing for Rivendell: a place of love and belonging, healing and beauty.

The road back to experiencing sacred words of strength and beauty lies in our recovery and full appreciation of the Bible’s literary works.

Explore the themes of Sehnsucht and Joy, and consider how our own art may emerge from deep-seated homesickness to light the way to our true country. 

The insights of Dorothy Sayers lend vision to how a thriving Church and thriving artists might happen together.

Explore what it means to cultivate in context of a whole life, what a rule of life is, how it works, and how to create one for yourself.