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Are You Ready?
Are you ready? Here at God Loves Art, we see how God uses creativity to heal, serve, and inspire. Are you ready to see Him work through art like that in your own life? What about the lives of those around you? You may be like many others and not even realize that Art Ministry […] -
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My Church Does Art
by Jessie Nilo This week I’ve been filming a video series that I’m calling “5 Mistakes Churches Make with Artists.” But before I release those…. I aim to clap – not a slow clap, but a real one – for my own pastor, for my own church. I’m clapping for the heart-felt way they’ve embraced […] -
Because He First Loved Us
I’m an artist who works in the medium of people… and I’ve learned a few things. If the church loves artists—in all their glorious mess—artists will find hope & healing. Pictured in the frame is Alyee. When I met her 5 years ago, she was struggling for life and abandoned by her family. We became her family. With love […] -
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Freedom in Worship: Jesus We Love You
A few years ago, I heard a worship leader spontaneously say that worship lyrics can be compared to writing a love letter to God. When everyone sings the regular lyrics and the main melody, it can be lovely, like giving the receiver (God) a beautiful greeting card that we all bought from a store. But adding our own little variations within the song? When everyone hums their own tune within […] -
Painting The Word
compass bible winter tree compass bible back reflection I would have been in sooo much trouble with my Bible teacher for this, back when I was a kid! I suppose some people might think painting on a Bible is disrespectful, or somehow damaging or vandalizing the Word of God. But I prefer to think of it as choosing a cover, […] -
Time To Create
This is my first blog post without my friend Mark Kessler in the world. He was 48. I remember he tried to teach me how to blog in 2007, at a workshop with 4 students. I think I was just learning the word “blog,” while Mark was running several websites like a breeze and was excited […] -
Suffer the Little Children
I really love the word invite. That’s what Jesus does.After church today we held our once-a-month gathering for VineArts leaders and their families. We all enjoyed a spaghetti lunch, then I took the studio floor and gave a couple of invitations.First I invited the Holy Spirit to manifest His goodness, truth, and imagination in us.Then […] -
Art and Worship at a Local University
What happens when you take: 4 VineArts artists, 3 Envision artists, and 3 Fresco Arts Academy high school artists …all of whom have faith in Christ, discipline in visual art, and a heart to serve others… And you set them loose on a college worship event? (see the video here) (p.s.- you’ll see in the […]