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The Art of Creation: Bringing the Garden Inside

The Art of Creation: Bringing the Garden Inside

December 30, 2021 - When you lie down a field of flowers, the sights, sounds, and smell surround you—you are immersed in the experience. How do you replicate that for people within a gallery space? By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Giving Dirt Its Due

The Art of Creation: Giving Dirt Its Due

December 2, 2021 - It is not just with other animals of the earth that we share a commonality, but with the earth itself. By Louise Conner

The Way Forward: How My Faith Has Shifted #8—From Abstract Learner to Learner-Practitioner

The Way Forward: How My Faith Has Shifted #8—From Abstract Learner to Learner-Practitioner

November 1, 2021 - I feel at home in the soil. My passion for God and God’s people has become integrated with my passion and love for God’s creation. But where did this all begin? By Rev. Sarah Robinson

The Art of Creation: Planting Home

The Art of Creation: Planting Home

October 28, 2021 - In 1942, when Japanese Americans were removed from the West Coast to internment camps inland, the new environs were harsh and barren, intentionally isolated and surrounded by barbed wire. Growing green things was a way to grow hope in a desolate time and place. By Louise Conner

The Way Forward: How My Faith Has Shifted #1—My Journey from Doubt to a Wildly Wonderful Understanding and Purpose

The Way Forward: How My Faith Has Shifted #1—My Journey from Doubt to a Wildly Wonderful Understanding and Purpose

September 13, 2021 - We welcome our first guest writer to our blog, who says, "I learnt that my God is not aloof from me in my humanity nor this created world I live in." By Vidhya Chintala

The Art of Creation: Patterned on Nature

The Art of Creation: Patterned on Nature

September 9, 2021 - In Barcelona, Spain, a park originally designed to be a housing complex for the well-to-do, is a showcase for some of the most innovative and creative skills of a renowned architect known for his love of God and his love of nature. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Beyond the Frame

The Art of Creation: Beyond the Frame

June 10, 2021 - Sometimes a work of artistic redemption must go beyond the borders of our original vision to reach a point of greater completion. By Louise Conner