These are articles--and a few websites--that in some way have a connection with the intersection of faith and art. Sometimes the connection is explicit, other times you will have to scratch your head a bit. But taken as a whole, they paint a picture of the world that is both disconcerting and hopeful. As with all editing, the very choosing of what to include and exclude is a bias, but the intent is not to be exhaustive, but helpful.

Enjoy.

Dale Chihuly
Museum of Glass

one of my favorite artists

Sutton Foster
Thoroughly Modern Millie

tony award winner...my daughter's favorite

on the site...

leaving ruin...the novel
leaving ruin...the play
the weekly hopper
the arthur cycle
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Faith

ARTICLE:
Praying for Hollywood
Praying for Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Bruckheimer...
by K. Connie Kang
Good News Magazine Online

ARTICLE:
Starbucks Spirituality
Postmoderns have three questions for Christians that you'd better be ready for.
by Brett Lawrence ChristianityToday.com

WEBSITE:
George Barna Research Online
Leading research on Christianity in America--much to think about...

ARTICLE:
What Would Jesus Drive?
Religious Leaders Demand Fuel-Efficient Cars.
The Associated Press Fox News

ARTICLE:
Serious Thinking About Rock And Soul
Citing the growing instances of faith intersecting with rock (P.O.D., U2, Alan Jackson, Mick Jagger)
by Steve Beard Thunderstruck

WEBSITE:
THUNDERSTRUCK
A Truck Stop for the Soul
hosted by Steve Beard

ARTICLE:
Violence and The Sacred: Rene Girard's Insights into Christianity
Mimetic desire and Scapegoating. Fascinating.
by Gil Bailie The Aisling Magazine

ARTICLE:
Becoming De-Westernized
Does the "prophetic" church need to "de-westernize"?
by Don Toshachnextwave.org

ARTICLE:
How To Be a Disciple
An adaptation of Chapter Eight of The Divine Conspiracy.
by Dallas Willard
www.religion-online.org

Art/Theatre/Film/Music

WEBSITE:
Art Renewal Center
Art Resource championing the realist tradition...images and articles...

ARTICLE :
Babette's Feast and the Reclamation of Melodrama
Grab Your Hankies, All You Women (and Democrats)! The Weepie is Back...
JIM SHEPARD
The Believer

ARTICLE:
Rap Only Ruins
New York Post argues that Rap isn't all it's cracked up to be...
JOHN H. McWHORTER
New York Post

ARTICLE:
Repress Yourself
There may be more good in repression than we thought...
by LAUREN SLATER.
New York Times Magazine

ARTICLE:
Diary of an art competition (under occupation)
When a country and its people are not free, how do its artists respond? What courage...
by Omar Al-Qattan.
openDemocracy.com

ARTICLE:
Storytelling Medicine
A New Hampshire hospital is recording the stories of its elder patients--for healing and history.
by Wendy Knerr
Writersdigest.com

ARTICLE:
Forget the Sex and Violence; Shame Is the Ratings Leader
More than sex, more than violence, humiliation is the unifying principle behind a successful reality show....
by Alessandra Stanley
New York Times

INTERVIEW:
Movies Aren't for Proselytizing: An Interview with Linda Seger
On the intersection of Christianity, Movies, and Writing.
By Cliff Vaughn EthicsDaily.com

ARTICLE:
Write Till You Drop
Thanks to Jeffrey Overstreet for sending me this one. By Annie Dillard.
NY Times Books

ARTICLE:
'Thou shalt worship the arts for what they are'
Not an easy read (lots of British stuff) but the director of the Barbican Theatre in London lays down the ten commandments for art, and a catechism to go with it. Discuss!
by John Tusa spiked on-line

ARTICLE:
"My Gift Comes from God"
A world-class metalsmith creating religious and secular images in the ancient art of repousse, with a stated purpose to glorify God.
by Janet I. Tu, Seattle P-I.

REVIEW:
The Modern World Prays for Answers
A review of an abstract play in LA, with some great quotes about searching for meaning in the postmodern world.
by Philip Brandes, LA Times. (requires registration, but it's free)

ARTICLE:
Pictures tell a story
Artists using photography in elaborate installations, turning again to narrative.
by Cate McQuaid Boston Globe.

Work/Culture

ARTICLE:
Postcards from Planet Google
A look at Google searches from around the globe...
by Jennifer 8. LeeThe New York Times.

WEBSITE:
The West Wing
The one show I watch...pretty interesting website, with links to articles on episode topics.

ARTICLE:
Pooh-Poohing Postmodernism
Students whose style is lucid are writing unintelligible bilge by the time they've finished a Ph.D in English.
by Sandy Starr
spiked-culture online

ARTICLE:
Jesus Action Figure works miracles in a down economy
A Seattle company cashes in on Jesus. Kitsch humor, serious devotion, or sacrilege?
by Erik LacitisThe Seattle Times.

ARTICLE:
Moral Imagination, Humane Letters, and the Renewal of Society
A compelling discussion of the moral imagination, pop culture, and how we must live as "pilgrims among the ruins."
by Vigen Guroian, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation.

ARTICLE:
Singleton Society
Single dwellers now outnumber traditional family units in Britain. Interesting meditation on the rise of the "singleton"--does it mean we can't do intimate relationship anymore?
by Frank Furedi, spiked on-line.

Other Life Stuff

ARTICLE
Making It
Love and success at America's finest universities.
by David Brooks
The Weekly Standard

WEBSITE:
openDemocracy
New launch, a website providing an intelligent forum presenting both sides of the major issues. Haven't had much time to look, but it seems promising...

WEBSITE:
The Great Idea Finder
Fun site on Invention and Innovation

ARTICLE:
The New Convergence
Science Swinging back toward theories of design...a great article.
by Gregg Easterbrook.
Wired

ARTICLE:
Saddam's chambers of horrors
An astonshing story of one man's survival in Saddam Hussein's Abu Ghraib prison.
by Margaret Wente.
The Globe and Mail

WEBSITE:
Doctors Without Borders
Helping around the world: a brisk wake-up call to the hardship of the developing world.

ARTICLE:
50 killed in Nigeria riots over Miss World article
Islamic anger over the suggestion Mohammed would have approved of pageant. by The Associated Press.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

WEBSITE:
Chuck Shepherd's News of the Wierd
Just that...truth is stranger than fiction

BOOK REVIEW:
All in Our Heads 'The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature'
by Steven Pinker
A review of what looks to be an interesting assault on the blank slate theory of human nature. What is natural and what is moral aren't the same thing.
by Colin McGinn, Washington Post

WEBSITE:
Reflections on Humanity and Media after Tragedy
Looking at how media shapes our national conversation about September 11. From the community involved in Comparative Media Studies at MIT. Lots of material.