Very practical and thoughtful post by Philip Ryken, pastor and college president, who gathers thoughts from friends engaged in a variety of artistic vocations about ways in which the church can discourage artists.
His post touches on unhelpful attitudes that Christians can have about the arts, and how artists serve the Gospel in their creativity.
Many Christian artists live between two strange worlds. Their faith in Christ seems odd to many of their friends in the artistic community—almost as odd as their calling as artists seems to some of their friends at church. Yet Christians called to draw, paint, sculpt, sing, act, dance, and play music have extraordinary opportunities to honor God in their daily work and to bear witness to the grace, beauty, and truth of the gospel. How can pastors (and churches) encourage Christians with artistic gifts in their dual calling as Christian artists?
Read the rest of the post at The Gospel Coalition.
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