The great tenor saxophonist John Coltrane said: “I Practice Scales to Become a Saint.” Artists and Christ followers walk a similar path, as those who discern the truth about the world. The artistic gift of intuitive discernment, of expressing reality with clarity and soul, relates to the Christian gospel. Mark explores a woven kinship between artists and Christ followers while playing the grand piano.

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Things to check out: 

Makoto Fujimura’s book, Art and Faith: A Theology of Making.

Duke Ellington and John Coltrane (1963)

Mark’s book, Improvising Church: Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul, chapter four, “Beauty.”

Wesley Vander Lugt’s book, Beauty is Oxygen: Finding a Faith that Breathes.

Produced, written, and edited by Mark Glanville

Associate produced by Daniel Melvill Jones