The blog Faith and Theology asks, “What is the opposite of faith?” Let’s start with the Protestant no-no: works. We are justified, put right with God not by works but by faith, faith alone – sola fide – isn’t that, as Luther put it, the doctrine by which the church stands or falls? And wouldn’t […]
A presentation of the stonework installation ekko by Seattle-based artist Roger Feldman, who created this site-specific work as a call-and-response piece to Freswick Castle in Scotland, the grounds upon which the piece exists.
In this essay, Jay Stringer argues that healing and addiction share the same architecture: repetition. The extent to which we turn to face our trauma and shame is the best predictor for the way our story will unfold.
Mary Van Denend reviews Anne Doe Overstreet’s first book of poems, Delicate Machinery Suspended.
It is a rare and special treat to find a band that makes music, especially music that one might classify as religious music, which is wholly devoted to the pursuit of beauty. The Opiate Mass, a Seattle-based collaboration of musicians, songwriters, visual artists, audio engineers, and authors, provides just such a treat. In this interview, […]
An essay that uses two recent Seattle Art Museum exhibits to compare Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, and Kurt Cobain and to reflect on the nature of celebrity.
In this interview, Seattle singer, songwriter, musician, artist Tara Ward (Late Tuesday, Urban Hymnal, Opiate Mass) discusses her first solo concept album, REVELATIONS OF A BLUE JACKET, a collaborative piece that included the work of a dozen visual artists.
This exhibit, which is currently showing at the New Museum in New York City, showcases the works of Emory Douglas, a former Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party.
This collection of paintings by Laura Lasworth were inspired by the life and works of the writer Flannery O’Connor.