Beholding Beauty

“This book is like a church potluck dinner, but where everyone in the congregation is a chef. A group of pastors, with unusual insight and clarity, have each contributed reflections on beauty in everyday life. They show how setting a table, wearing clothes, or telling a good story can bring us closer to God. Congregational groups especially will find this book an ideal invitation to help them share with each other the beautiful moments of life.”


—Derek R. Nelson, Wabash College





“Beholding Beauty explores the powerful ways painting, poetry, music, and drama embody the creativity of the Original Artist, the triune God. The authors invoke our praying imagination to comprehend how culinary hospitality, fashion faithfulness, cinematic revelations, and storied truth serve as rich resources for worship. This uniquely collaborative effort draws on biblical wisdom and pastoral care to inspire the priesthood of all believers to grasp artistically how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.”


—Douglas D. Webster, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University





“While we often speak of the true, the good, and the beautiful forming the contours of the good life, beauty has all too often played second fiddle in our theological imagination, greatly impoverishing the rightful worship of God in our daily lives. Beholding Beauty is a timely, hands-on grace gift for all apprentices of Jesus who long to live a more joyful, integral, and seamless life. I highly recommend it.”


—Tom Nelson, President, Made to Flourish