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My travels all over the world, and the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest, which has been my home since 1985, have provided much of my inspiration. My photography focuses mostly on nature and wildlife, humor, abstracts, macro, and portraiture.
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Mar 1, 2007 · Rosie Perera. Loving technology, loving God. A successful software engineer (turned Luddite, then back), Rosie Perera wonders if we've forgotten what the Apostle Paul might have said: "Technology is permissible—even good in many ways—but I will not be enslaved by it." I admit it. I’m a technophile. I love technology.
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- Art and Humanity
- Art and Truth
- Art, Justice, and Ultimate Good
- Conclusion
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Creativity is a gift from God who made us in his image as creative beings. It is part of what makes us human and differentiates us from the rest of creation. Beauty is all around us in God’s world, but it is we alone among all his creatures who, in collaboration with God, can make new things of beauty out of the materials he has provided. Francis S...
The second reason I think the arts are so important for people of faith is that art can communicate truth in ways that text and spoken word simply cannot. It can interpret the scriptures to us, and can reach us emotionally when rational blinders prevent the gospel message from impacting us. I was traveling in Florence recently with a group of Chris...
The third reason I believe the arts are vital for Christians to engage with is that they embody beauty which can create in people a longing for something more—for the good and ultimately for God. St. Augustine wrote a classic account of how beauty drew him to God: Thus the arts can draw those who do not yet know God to the ultimate Source of all be...
Artists have a long history of feeling feared and rejected or at least underappreciated by the church. Many who grew up in Christian communities have left to do their work elsewhere. They have missed out on nurture and discipleship in the faith, and the church has been impoverished in their absence. Christians have encouraged their young people to ...
Some of the better ones are: Calvin Seerveld, Bearing Fresh Olive Leaves: Alternative Steps in Understanding Art (Carlisle, UK: Piquant, 2000); Jeremy Begbie, ed., Beholding the Glory: Incarnation...Andover-Newton Theological School (Massachusetts), Fuller Seminary (California), Regent College (British Columbia), St. Andrews University (Scotland), Union Theological Seminary (New York), United...Image (http://www.imagejournal.org), a Christian journal of art, faith, and mystery—one of the top literary and visual arts quarterlies in the world—which also organizes seminars, workshops, and sc...See, in particular, Sarah Klassen, “Faith, Art, and Reconciliation,” Direction 27 (Fall 1998), 101–8 (http://www.directionjournal.org/article/?980). The rest of that special issue on Faith and the...Rosie Perera, Photographer - Home. Photographer. Home Gallery Blog Ordering Exhibits Bio Contact. Photography for the joy of it: To bring rest for the weary, reveal the wonder of creation, and lift the spirits.
Apr 10, 2008 · My friend the globe-trotting Rosie Perera has written a very fine summary of the symposium, sent originally to the chefs at Regent College. She has kindly allowed me to reproduce it here.
