Art & Faith Conversations

Host, Libby Johnson, will guide you through a spiriutal practice that focuses on peace. 

Through prayer, lectio divina style reading, and question prompts to ponder, this episode will lead you in a d…

Andrew Nemr is an international tap artist, TED Fellow, speaker, mentor, and writer. 

Andrew started tapping at the age of 3 being mentored by Gregory Hines starting at a very young age. He’s a solo …

Jaclyn Williams is a preacher, chaplain, educator, and performing artist. She is an assistant professor of the practice of preaching and chaplaincy at Fuller Seminary. She joins the podcast to talk a…

Mark Buchanan is a professor of pastoral theology at Ambrose University. He has authored several book on spiritual formation and rhythms of the soul. He joins the podcast to talk about his book, God …

Julianna Rubio Slager is the artistic director and co-founder of Ballet 5:8 dance company out of Chicago. She returns for the second time to the podcast to talk about the powerful language of the bod…

Dr. Curt Thompson is a leading psychiatrist in the field of interpersonal neurobiology and spiritual formation. We discuss why art and artists are invaluable to understanding what it means to be huma…

David Taylor returns to the podcast to talk about his latest book, A Body of Praise-Understanding the Role of our Physical Bodies in Worship.

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We discuss our five sens…

Jane Boutwell is an artist who describes herself as having an inquisitive mind, a heart connected to nature and a soul yearning towards God…a child of dirt and dance…a beauty bringing blessing writer…

Justin McRoberts returns to the podcast to talk about his newest book, Sacred Strides: The Journey to Belovedness in Work and Rest. In this episode we discuss the myth of finding balancing but rather…

Week 5 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent.

Each Lent episode is an exceprt of a more in-depth writtten series that includes movement prayer and visual art as wel…

Week 4 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent.

Each Lent episode is an exceprt of a more in-depth writtten series that includes movement prayer and visual art as wel…

Week 3 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent.

Each Lent episode is an exceprt of a more in-depth writtten series that includes movement prayer and visual art as wel…

Week 2 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent with poetry, an embodied prayer practice and journal prompts. The audio recordings are an excrept of an in-depth writte…

Week 1 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent.

The audio recordings are an exceprt of a more in-depth written Lent series that includes movment prayer and visual art…

Melanie Penn returns to the podcast to talk about some of her latest music and how creative work is needed now more than ever. She describes beauty as an act of defiance against the dark times of the…

Bette Dickinson returns to the podcast to talk about the inspiration for her series of paintings in her new book, Make Room in Advent: 25 Devotions for a Season of Wonder. Bette appeared as a guest o…

Phaedra Jean Taylor is a visual artist exploring the disciplines of encaustic painting and watercolor. She is inspired by ideas of play, journey, memory, and belonging which we discuss as being heali…

Co-authors, Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore, recently released their first book,

Liturgies for Hope-Sixty Prayers for the Highs, Lows, and Everything in Between.

Hear the story of how the prayers …

Rachel Marie Kang is an author and poet releasing her frist book, Let There Be Art: The Pleasure and Purpose of Unleashing the Creativity within You.

The book serves as an invitation to create right …

Mike Yeager, executive pastor, producer, and songwriter at Awaken Chruch in San Diego talks about thier newest project, Move of Heaven. Mike received his PHD in structural engineering and spent time …