Betsy, from Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, came last week to visit with us and teach the class “Church Art Now” this past Sunday.  If you missed the class, it will be online as a video soon.  Betsy is Calvin’s resident visual arts expert, and she’s probably the best person there is to come speak on the topic of contemporary church art.  She knows it back and forth.

Besides just doing the class, she also sat down with a couple different groups over good meals at Ramsi’s and then the next day at Kashmir to discuss the overall vision of visual arts ministry at Sojourn, including the 930.  Her insights into our local situation were very helpful, and paired with the recent discussions we’ve had with Steve Halla from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Taylor Worley from Union University and Joanna Taft from the Harrison Center, we’re just about ready to get a  renewed strategy on paper for seeing gospel transformation in the visual arts for individuals, the church, and the world.