Art & Faith Conversations Libby Johnson
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How does creativity intersect with our spirituality? Conversations with artists to explore our humanity and spiritual identity through the integration of art and faith.
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Season 9 EP 5: Embodied Preaching w/ Jaclyn Williams
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 about embodied preaching and the unique style she has of integrating her performing art skills to enhance her pedagogical practice with students.
As well as her MDiv and PhD in theological studies, she also holds an MFA in theater and has a background in dance. We discuss the connections between the process of craft as an artist and the process of spiritual formation and how artists can be significant contributors to teaching formational practices.
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Season 9 EP 4: Embodying the Pace of God w/ Mark Buchanan
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 Walk-Moving at the Speed of Our Soul. We discuss the spiritual practice of physically walking and how formative it is for our faith when we slow down enough to keep pace with a 3mph God. We talk about how walking affects our memory and our attention spans and rehumanizes us in an increasingly digital world.
Mark Buchanan
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Season 9 EP 3: The Embodied Language of Dance w/ Julianna Rubio Slager
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 body through dance and how it can speak in ways words cannot. We discuss misconcenptions about the body and dance among church culture and the importance of making peace with our bodies in surrender to God's work in our lives.
Julianna is known for her unique ability to engage audiences in discussions of life and faith through her choreography. She has created over 50 works for the Company and School during her tenure at Ballet 5:8. In 2023 she was awarded the coveted position of National Visiting Fellow at the School of American Ballet.
Ballet 5:8
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Season 9 EP 2: Embodiment & the Brain w/ Dr. Curt Thompson
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 human and to live a purposeful life.
Curt specializes in helping others seek and discover the intrinsic desire we all have to feel known, loved, and connected and shares how beauty and creativity play a crucial role in that pursuit. He is the author of several books such as Anatomy of the Soul, The Soul of Shame, and his most recent book on suffering, The Deepest Place.
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Season 9 EP 1: Embodied Art & Worship w/ David Taylor
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 senses as the way we experience God's closeness and grace and how artists give us language and portals to engage our senses more fully in worship and life. David aruges that the body is not merely a neutral spectator or something to overcome but that God has an essential purpose for good for our bodies in worship.
David Taylor is a theologian, author, speaker, priest, and director of initiatives in art and faith. A professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, he has lectured widely on the arts, from Thailand to South Africa. He has written for The Washington Post, Image Journal, Theology Today, Worship, Religion News Service, Christianity Today, and Books & Culture, among others. He lives in Austin with his wife Phaedra, a visual artist and gardener, and his daughter Blythe and son Sebastian.
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Season 8 EP 9: Art Led by Listening w/ Jane Boutwell
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… a poetic painter and potter.
Her creative work includes tactile, intuitive, and deeply-in-touch-with-nature ways of being in the world. She finds her passion in a variety of creative mediums and expressions which include gardening, quilting, writing, painting, sketching, ceramics, dancing, creative coaching, podcasting, and family life with her husband and four children in the Atlanta Georgia area.
We take a deep dive into a mini series she featured on her podacst, Growing Creative, about living a life of listening and how vital it is as a practice for our creative and spiritual lives.
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The Birdhouse Retreat Center
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Customer Reviews
Reflections
Libby’s podcast holds up a mirror and a window into the lives of those who serve and work in their daily walk. Her thoughtful questions and responses echo the light she finds in those interviewed. We all benefit from that shine. Thank you, Libby. This work is so so good.
Soul Nourishing for Artists
Libby’s podcast has been such good soul food for my soul to spur me on in my creativity. I am inspired and encouraged by each episode as I listen to artists sharing their journeys.
Her benedictions and words to us artists has helped me remember my “why” behind my art and keep going even in the face of internal and external resistance in my work.
I am so grateful for this podcast, because as one guest suggests, there are few spaces where artists of faith feel like we can be fully ourselves - as those often operating on the margins, the art and faith podcast creates a space of hospitality to welcome our full selves. I am so grateful for Libby’s voice and this space in the world!
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This is a great place to find fantastic conversations about the intersection of art and faith