Artist Christians and Pretty Pictures
In January 2020, Evangeline Denmark asked fellow Anselm Guild artists how we would respond to someone who wonders why artists don’t simply stick to making…
Knitting {Ithilien House}
On a lamplit evening in January, I tie 267 cast-on stitches onto a thin pair of circular knitting needles. Lucy helps, listening to me murmur…
Why Beauty Belongs in the Sacrificial Life, Pt. 6: Beauty in the Word and at War
I’ve relied on a common understanding of the word “beauty” up to this point. But I think you who are reading know by now that…
Why Beauty Belongs in the Sacrificial Life, Pt. 5: A Hollow Invitation
3. A Hollow Invitation The old ferryman’s words were familiar and well-worn, like the pole in his hands that had smoothed silken over time. Over the years…
Why Beauty Belongs in the Sacrificial Life, Pt. 4: Daily Helps for Fear and Anxiety
The Daily Help of Simple Wonders On a workaday scale, paying attention to beauty can seem small and irrelevant when worries are great. I still…