conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ {channel_description} {channel_language} Copyright 2012 2012-04-07T21:06:32+00:00 ioption review http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/ioption_review/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/ioption_review/ ioption review I found! ]]> 2012-04-07T21:06:32+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Corpo Celeste http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/corpo_celeste/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/corpo_celeste/ 2012-02-07T06:51:50+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Monsieur Lazhar http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/monsieur_lazhar/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/monsieur_lazhar/ 2012-02-07T06:51:07+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ An Oversimplification of Her Beauty http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/an_oversimplification_of_her_beauty/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/an_oversimplification_of_her_beauty/ 2012-02-07T06:50:18+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Slavery By Another Name http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/slavery_by_another_name/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/slavery_by_another_name/ 2012-02-07T01:04:01+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Middle of Nowhere http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/middle_of_nowhere/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/middle_of_nowhere/ 2012-02-07T00:57:44+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ How To Survive a Plague http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/how_to_survive_a_plague/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/how_to_survive_a_plague/ 2012-02-07T00:50:45+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Five Broken Cameras http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/five_broken_cameras/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/five_broken_cameras/ 2012-02-06T05:03:32+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ The Surrogate http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/the_surrogate/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/the_surrogate/ 2012-02-06T05:02:10+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Filly Brown http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/filly_brown/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/filly_brown/ 2012-02-05T01:38:09+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Finding North http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/finding_north/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/finding_north/ 2012-02-05T01:37:01+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Beasts of the Southern Wild http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/beasts_of_the_southern_wild/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/beasts_of_the_southern_wild/ 2012-02-05T01:34:03+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Prophets, Artists, and Prophetic Artists http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/prophets_artists_and_prophetic_artists/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/prophets_artists_and_prophetic_artists/ Prophets see contemporary situations with divine perspective, and as I look at the art created by some, I wonder, Is this artist not a prophet also? ]]> 2011-11-28T19:31:06+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Prophetic Wonder: A Response to the Brehm Lectures http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/prophetic_wonder/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/prophetic_wonder/ Fujimura drew attention to something often missed in understanding art - common grace is never absent. Artistic instinct and creative impulse are fundamental to human personhood and are a gift of the triune God. Only the creator God can offer creativity to make art. ]]> 2011-11-21T23:05:30+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Awakened Attentiveness: A Response to the Brehm Lectures http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/awakened_attentiveness/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/awakened_attentiveness/ In these lectures I heard a call to give closer attention to the address of the Bible to my imagination, calling me to repent and lament, and to give closer attention to the presence and pain of my neighbors as communicated through their art. ]]> 2011-11-17T21:45:57+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ A Defense of Christian Kitsch http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/a_defense_of_christian_kitsch/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/a_defense_of_christian_kitsch/

Coat Hanger
This article was first published in DIVINITY Magazine and is being shared with the author’s permission.

Christians ought to pause before accepting the view that kitsch is trashy.
By Paul Griffiths

The term kitsch is usually intended as an insult. To call a painting or a musical composition or a...

]]> 2011-11-17T00:54:02+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Hardware Heiro http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/hardware_heiro/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/hardware_heiro/ Los Angeles artist Lynn Aldrich, with the help of Michelle McCreary, the Brehm Center’s Administrative Assistant, installed three brightly colored art works in Fuller’s David Allan Hubbard Library. ]]> 2011-10-31T19:38:49+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Google Glaze… http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/google_glaze/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/google_glaze/ Google Glaze

I had a conversation with my computer yesterday.  No, really, I found myself playing charades with Google while I was searching for an answer that was just inches from my grasp.  The staring camera captured smiles and an expression that “looked like” joy, but five minutes into...

]]> 2011-10-21T01:17:55+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Lament as lense of Theodicy http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/lament_as_lense_of_theodicy/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/lament_as_lense_of_theodicy/ It has become apparent to me that the biggest factor in determining a persons atheism/theism has been the question of Theodicy in the face of the reality of suffering and injustice. It seems that if God was good and all powerful, then He would set the world aright, and there would be no pain, no...

]]> 2011-10-02T21:54:18+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Beautiful Redemption http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/beautiful_redemption/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/beautiful_redemption/ Recently, Fuller featured an article about the Brehm Center and Fuller Alumni transforming vacant storefronts into art galleries featuring the art of local artists and artists at Fuller. I personally thought this was a great idea, allowing us to redeem our community through art (which I am always...

]]> 2011-09-08T21:53:02+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Joel http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/joel/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/joel/ Joel is a project that my partner Richard Min and I filmed and produced that aims to challenge the way we glance and overlook the “everyday” moments by interpreting them through a prophetic voice, Joel.  In studying 17th century dutch art, we were both intrigued at how easy it was to pass over a...

]]> 2011-06-07T23:31:05+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ How Should Theology and Art Be Taught? http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/how_should_theology_and_art_be_taught/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/how_should_theology_and_art_be_taught/ I’m curious to hear what your thoughts are on how theology and art should be taught in higher education. Here are some conversation starter questions.

What is the role of artists of faith in the contemporary art world?

How are we to understand the role of theory and praxis in educating the next...

]]> 2011-06-06T07:29:17+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Who Says You’re In? http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/who_says_youre_in/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/who_says_youre_in/ As many of you know, I am the president of the theatre group at Fuller Theological Seminary, The Fuller Company.  When we plan shows, we open auditions to the greater Los Angeles acting community as well as the Fuller student body, for various reasons.  Not too long ago, we held auditions for our...

]]> 2011-05-16T22:56:21+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ TC516: Experience and Expectation? http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/tc516_experience_and_expectation/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/tc516_experience_and_expectation/ What are some of your experiences with art?  What would you like to gain from this course?

]]> 2011-03-30T20:07:57+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ The Art of Friendship http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/the_art_of_friendship/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/the_art_of_friendship/ This article originally appeared in Comment magazine, the opinion journal of CARDUS: www.cardus.ca/comment

“Originally and properly within I am still alone by myself: in my freedom in relation to the whole cosmos; with my poetry and truth; with the question of my needs and desires and loves and...

]]> 2011-03-18T19:45:00+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ arts in a networked world. http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/arts_in_a_networked_world/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/arts_in_a_networked_world/ The arts remain vital to the reflective and expressive life of the church.If the church is `missional’ then it is concerned with cultural engagement….at many levels. A church without….or a church that marginalizes and/or devalues the arts is less than what it was intended and designed to...

]]> 2011-02-23T22:43:08+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Winter’s Bone http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/winters_bone/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/winters_bone/ Family. You don’t get to choose it, and like it or not, it is always part of your life.

Winter’s Bone is about a family, an extended, dysfunctional, drug addicted, secretive, impoverished, violent family.

The story concerns a 17-year old girl who is faced with either finding her bail-jumping...

]]> 2011-02-22T22:41:11+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ The Spirituality of Sundance:  An Experiment in Public Theology http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/the_spirituality_of_sundance_an_exeriment_in_public_theology/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/the_spirituality_of_sundance_an_exeriment_in_public_theology/ “Christian theology does not belong solely in the circle of people who are ‘insiders.’  It belongs just as much to the people who feel that they are ‘outside the gate.’”
-Jürgen Moltmann, Experiences in Theology

For the majority of those who descend upon Park City every January, the...

]]> 2011-02-14T17:25:04+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ The Cost of Paying Attention http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/the_cost_of_paying_attention/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/the_cost_of_paying_attention/ I’ve been interested recently in technology, faith, and art. Post-Internet, it seems all three are in a constant state of flux. I don’t plan on retreating from culture, but I often wonder how uncritical use of computers and screens has affected our faith and artmaking. 

Right now I have five tabs...

]]> 2011-02-04T18:39:43+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ General Revelation through the Arts - Possibility or Pipe Dream? http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/general_revelation_through_the_arts_-_possibility_or_pipe_dream/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/general_revelation_through_the_arts_-_possibility_or_pipe_dream/ In a Systematic Theology class, I was struck by something the theologian Leonardo Boff wrote in relation to past practices of Christian missions. I paraphrase: when missionaries entered into an indigenous culture to proselytize, more often than not they would try and supplant all forms of the...

]]> 2011-02-01T08:10:58+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ What is Emergent Worship? Part 2 http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/emergent_worship_part_2/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/emergent_worship_part_2/ Emerging Christians tend to be theologically pluralistic and quite suspicious of tidy theological boxes.  They believe that God is bigger than any theology and that God is first and foremost a story-teller, not a dispenser of theological doctrine and factoids. Theology for them, therefore, is...

]]> 2011-01-31T17:12:59+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ What is Emergent Worship? Part 3 http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/emergent_worship_part_3/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/emergent_worship_part_3/ 2011-01-31T15:13:18+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Passion Which Has Outgrown Us http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/convo_with_featured/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/convo_with_featured/ I hope I am becoming more translucent, more rested, more me. I hope I allow some passions to outgrow me, and then to turn and let them remind me who I am, all over again. Rainer Maria Rilke's "To Music" does just that. ]]> 2011-01-31T11:07:19+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ What is Emergent Worship? Part 1 http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/what_is_emergent_worship_part_1/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/what_is_emergent_worship_part_1/ 2011-01-05T00:35:47+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ To Play Like a Child Again? Reflections from Madeleine L’Engle http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/to_play_like_a_child_again/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/to_play_like_a_child_again/ "When we can play with the unself-conscious concentration of a child this is: art: prayer: love." -A Circle of Quiet, chapter 1 ]]> 2010-12-17T22:03:09+00:00 conversations http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/ Review: Generation EX-Christian: Why Young Adults Are Leaving the Faith..& How to Bring Them Back http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/Generation_Ex_Christian/ http://www.brehmcenter.com/conversations/article/Generation_Ex_Christian/ In a society as highly mobile as North America and with churchgoers dispersed among a multiplicity of denominations, new networks and stand-alone congregations it is perplexing trying to keep track of churchgoers. What percentage of switching churches as against those who are leaving? ]]> 2010-12-08T22:59:45+00:00