beauty

In this poem, Karla Huston contemplates a museum exhibit of a woman’s body that has turned to soap.

This essay explores the origins of our definitions of beauty.

This essay argues for the relocation of beauty from static and detached contemplation to relational, embodied, and multisensory lived experience.

In this lyrical essay, Jessie van Eerden reflects on her upbringing in a rural West Virginia church and wonders “if the words of our childhood faith-lives—words like worship, praise, holiness—have any real clout for us when we really stare them in the face as adults and when, out of the corner of our eyes, we see more and more brokenness in the world.”

This article suggests that thinking of schools as “gardens of delight” reconnects learning, faith, and beauty.

Enjoying and fostering beauty is an integral part of our role as stewards of God’s good creation; the author discusses his vision for Renewal, a grassroots college organization that attempts to foster this stewardship.

A look into the poetic imaginary of Charles Williams, showing how creation is made for divine Incarnation.

The landscape paintings within this exhibit, which were inspired by artist Paul LaJeunesse’s stay in Iceland, reveal unity and harmony through disparate objects and spaces.

A poem by Pamela Johnson Parker.