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Christ-centred. Creative. Canadian.
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Last week I jotted down two lists, side by side. One read: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness . . . And the other: dry grass seeds, cracked moss, sharp rock, a cross bound in rusting wire . . .
I can’t tell you why this felt important to do. I had taken a day away from my computer to sit on a cracked carpet of moss already dried out by B.C.’s water shortages. And to listen: to wasps, the zip of flies and the wind moving the pines. Maybe it was an exercise in delight.
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OBJECTS OF DELIGHT
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The wire sculptures of James Paterson convey joy.
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Violet Nesdoly
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James Paterson is an artist and “imagineer” who lives in Ontario. His award-winning wire sculptures are influenced by a childhood in the “vibrant and visually textured Kensington Market area of Toronto” and have been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.
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ONTARIO MUSICIANS THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
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In the digital revolution, singer-songwriters value Canadian resources and connections more than ever.
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Alexis Jacklin
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Some of the industries most at risk from artificial intelligence (AI) are creative ones, including music. The Times shared a statistic from last November: “about 50,000 AI-generated tracks are uploaded to the platform [Deezer] every day.” Deezer surveyed 9,000 people in eight countries and found that only 3 percent could distinguish between human and AI music.
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VISUAL SERMONS IN ICONS
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Arthur Boers
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Seeing the Gospel helps people understand and appreciate the beauty, tradition and rich symbolism of icons. The book itself is lovely, with over 90 vivid colour depictions of classic icons amply demonstrating icons’ play of light and gold. And it is firmly bound with thick quality paper, so it stands up to repeated examination. I recommend it as a devotional resource.
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SUCCESS AND DECONSTRUCTION IN A PHILADELPHIA CHURCH
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Kathy Vandergrift
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This book reads like a novel, with four pastors as the main characters and church meetings as the plotline in the story of one church. Yet this is actually immersive journalism, based on four years of recording details about the real internal workings of one congregation.
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A TWIST OF THE LENS
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Katie Munnik
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I recently visited an art exhibition celebrating the 150th birthday of the Welsh painter, Gwen John. She described herself as a “seer of strange beauties, a teller of harmonies . . .” In the gentle repetitions I found on the exhibition’s walls, I feel the artist asking me to linger and look for those grace notes, those faith-filled inner moments when it is easier to see our deep reasons of being.
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ELASTICS AND KALEIDOSCOPES
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Matthijs Kronemeijer
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Just before King’s Day in the Netherlands, I became a Canadian. Sometimes, Canada appears as a beautifully ordered multicultural kaleidoscope. At other times, this country brings to my mind the neat elastics that wrap around the Toronto Globe and Mail or books on hold at the Toronto Public Library. A country with little cohesion and questionable life span, but a strong sense of propriety.
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Did you know that all the lines in this piece of art are cut from Christian Courier's May issue? Every print issue is an object of delight. Set the table with good news; subscribe to Christian Courier in print. It's $6 for 24-pages of fresh-from-the-garden goodness. One issue of CC is as affordable as your favourite sandwich – but lasts much longer. Perfect for kicking off the summer!
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