Katie Kresser

Makers by Nature

Arts & Literature

“The artistic vocation is a hard one, fraught with perils of the spirit and laden with innumerable real-world obstacles. The artist Bruce Herman has navigated this terrain with grace and integrity over a long and distinguished career. In Makers by Nature, Bruce deploys his characteristic insight, wisdom, and compassion in a series of letters to young artists. Full of theoretical sophistication and deep thought, these letters are at the same time warm and accessible, just like Bruce himself. This book is a treasure for earnest young artists of faith.”

Placemaking and the Arts

Arts & Literature

“Jennifer Allen Craft's Placemaking and the Arts is an elegant and illuminating meditation on the importance of our lived environments. We are called, as both stewards and sojourners, to be deeply present to God's sensory creation—first by recognizing our rootedness within it and second by cultivating it as we were made to do. For Craft, the arts should be understood as the fruit of this connection and care, adorning and shaping the world for all of God's children. Drawing on a widerange of theological insights, Placemaking and the Arts points the way toward more humane and hospitable environments today.”

The Arts and the Bible

Arts & Literature

“The Arts and the Bible is an ambitious and wide-ranging discussion of diverse art forms and their relationship to Scripture. The contributors—including traditional academics as well as hands-on practitioners—approach this topic boldly, drawing on a huge body of influences and personal experiences. The picture they paint is tremendously varied and complex. Readers interested in faith and aesthetics are sure to find something here that resonates and informs.”

Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart

Arts & Literature

“Russ Ramsey is a gifted storyteller, a keen student of human nature and a genuine art connoisseur. In Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, Ramsey makes classic artists relatable, building a bridge of empathy across time. He also helps readers discover for themselves the power of visual art as a channel for tackling big questions of meaning, injustice, and suffering in a broken world.”

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