United Adoration

Our second episode, “Imagination and the Nature of God” reflects on the story of Bezalel, the artist filled with Holy Spirit to complete the tabernacle (Exodus 31:1-11). 

United Adoration's "A Place of Beauty Podcast" is a 21-week series to complement our devotional, "A Place of Beauty." Every Monday, from Advent to Easter, we invite artists (and non-artists) to meditate on Scripture and to consider their identity, struggles, and creative process in the light of the True Creator, the Triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  To purchase the devotional, visit Amazon or Barnes and Noble. 

by Elise Massa
Scripture (NRSV) read by Mark Stevenson
Music: "The Architect" by Elise Massa

In our first episode “God’s Beautiful Images, Engraved on Our Hearts” invites us to reflect on 1 Peter 2:4-10: Is our identity rooted in Christ or in our work? How is Jesus' identity reflected in us, his disciples? How do we see the imago dei in the faces of the saints around us?

United Adoration's "A Place of Beauty Podcast" is a 21-week series to complement our devotional, "A Place of Beauty." From Advent to Easter, we invite artists (and non-artists) to meditate on Scripture and to consider their identity, struggles, and creative process in the light of the True Creator, the Triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  To purchase the devotional, visit Amazon or Barnes and Noble. 

by Elise Massa
Scripture (NRSV) read by Mark Stevenson
Music: "Faces of the Saints" by Daniel Snoke

Dave Frincke interviews Lamar Reece, singer and pastor, about artists and pastoral leadership. Lamar shares his own journey into church leadership as a worshiper and how he cultivates relationships with artists.

Dave Frincke interviews Jack King, rector of Apostles Anglican Church in Knoxville, TN about Beauty in the Church. Jack gives practical tips that he's learned on how to stir up beauty and make space for artistic expression to thrive in the local church.

Dave Frincke interviews Fr. Allen Kannapell, from His Church Anglican, about how he has made space for the arts to flourish in his church and why taking the risk is worth it.

Dave Frincke & Rachel Wilhelm continue their talk with Justin Carlson about Cultivating creative community in a local church.

In this episode, Dave Frincke & Rachel Wilhelm chat with Justin Carlson, a local church musician and songwriter, to talk about the Creative Process.

In this episode, Dave Frincke chats with church musician, songwriter and recording artist Rachel Wilhelm about her journey into songwriting and her focus on writing songs of Lament.

Dave Frincke & Rachel Wilhelm continue talking with Wendell Kimbrough about how he learned to write music from the psalms, including the unique challenges involved. 

In this episode, Dave Frincke & Rachel Wilhelm chat with local songwriter and church musician Wendell Kimbrough about his journey into songwriting and how God used community to encourage him along the way.