Recreating the Throne Room

I'll never forget something I saw when I walked into the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C. Just inside the door, ...

Marionettes Debate the Reality of Their Maker

In William Steig's Yellow & Pink, a delightfully whimsical picture book for children, two wooden figures wake up to find themselves lying on an ...

Two Ancient Pictures of Worship

In the book Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus, authors Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg explore how the Jewish culture and heritage of Jesus influenced ...

Telltale Signs of Picasso's Art

In his book The Cell's Design: How Chemistry Reveals the Creator's Artistry, Fanzale Rana gives the following account of the approach used to ...

Church Is the Home of the No-cut Audition

Lillian Daniel writes in "A Cast of Thousands”:

At my daughter's elementary school musical, the printed program noted: "This musical ...

Valuing the Contributions of Those Around You

Improvisation is the willingness to live within the bounds of the past and yet search for the future at the same time. Improvisation is the desire to ...

Experiences of Beauty Serve as Signposts

What is the most beautiful thing you have experienced this week?

Maybe something you heard. Maybe some beautiful music—perhaps in church, or in the ...

Bach's Cantatas: "The Fifth Gospel"

Yuko Maruyama, a Japanese organist working in Minneapolis, was once a devout Buddhist. Now, thanks to the music of J. S. Bach, she is a Christian. "Bach ...

God Creates, Man Imitates

John Lasseter, Pixar Animation Studios genius and director of the hit film Cars, was talking to Michele Norris on National Public Radio. She commented ...

Tribe Protected by Inoculation

Dr. George Moore was a young public health worker who was among the first westerners sent to Nepal in 1952. He found a nation that was very backward. ...