Sunday, November 29, 2009

Lindsay Conrad and the art of building

I have been recently accepted into seminary and will be pursuing a job in church development. My ideal job would be a "church doctor" in a sense. I think it relates to art because, in this potential job, I will be visiting churches that are struggling and viewing the broken and beautiful bride of Christ and will see how I can help her heal and improve in relationship with God. I will view current church structures in the sense of relationships, committees, programs already available and programs to sustain groups of people that would otherwise not have a place in the church just for them.
The building in a more spiritual sense is the building that i will be observing, critiquing and constructing. I will be working in the perspective of redemption in a way that will save the struggling churches and develop the community that may be missing. I will seek the cornerstone of faith that so many of the church members and the church itself leans on and will find ways for them to connect with the "other" that van der Leeuw seeks in various forms of art.

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