Forefront Festival

Equipping creators to make art in participation with the true Creator.
Led by @natemancini and @richchristman.

[Forefront Festival @forefrontfest]

Well deserved.

[Makoto Fujimura @iamfujimura]

Found in Waco. “Art+Faith: A Theology of Making” journey continues … ⁦@yalepress⁩ ⁦@jenniferabanks⁩

[whygodwhypodcast @WGWPodcast]

What if identifying beauty led us to the loving expression of the Gospel? Hear more from Gage Hunt in our #CohostStories season.

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📺https://t.co/ZsmIZB9PK0
▶️(list) https://t.co/G4HS9D6H6P

#roc #whygodwhy #WGWPodcast #cohosts #podcast #podcastseason

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@mwes10 @newcityroc @michellewes10 @mvh_art So glad you came!

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Check out our chairman on Why God Why!

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What if the best thing for our spiritual journey is a closed door? Check out our latest episode with @richcristman from @forefrontfest in our series, "Why do I still follow Jesus?"

🎧https://t.co/cFN8LXhpaS
📺https://t.co/bGN0heSIxY

#ROC #newpodcast #whygodwhy #WGWPodcast

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Let’s gooo

[whygodwhypodcast @WGWPodcast]

Tomorrow, we drop an episode with @richchristman from @forefrontfest. He continues our series, “Why do I still follow Jesus?”

#roc #whygodwhy #WGW #podcast #wgwpodcast #deconstruction #doubt

[Makoto Fujimura @iamfujimura]

Dante, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.D. Salinger, C.S.Lewis… all “wrote poetry” while fighting in wars. In fact, it will be inconceivable to speak of literature without warrior poets. #CultureCare path endures, #CultureWars rhetoric will make one say things that “shoot yourself in the foot”

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The excellent Spiritual Formation for Artists virtual course is back, led by @andrewjnemr! New cohorts announced:
FALL 2023: October 8, 15, 22, 29
WINTER 2024: February 4, 11, 18, 25
SPRING 2024: April 7, 14, 21, 28

Learn more + register today:
https://t.co/z9myupxdKZ

[Dana Gioia @DanaGioiaPoet]

Here @iamfujimura and I discuss "Can Beauty Save the World?"

[Rich Christman @richchristman]

Check out Abbey Sitterley's Self-Titled Record by Abigail Sitterley on @Kickstarter https://t.co/Tx0T1chbC8

Good friend of @forefrontfest stepping out with a new record in collaboration with Barn Burner Studio here in Rochester. Help make great art happen in our city.

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@redeemed_zoomer To be fair, the Puritans and later American Baptists created very plain, image-less churches long before 1960. The Puritans in Massachusetts even referred to their churches sometimes as “meeting houses”.

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@HauntedCosmos_ Oh. Goodness. Can’t wait.

[Josh Tiessen @joshtiessen]

Currently writing a research paper on Spanish architect, Antoni Gaudí.

Refreshing to read about a famous artist who was genuinely a good dude AND NOT A WOMAN ABUSER… *cough, cough* Picasso

[Jonathan Pageau @PageauJonathan]

Back to basics.
Full video: Symbolism of the Tree: https://t.co/wDgDe5b6d3

[Benjamin Myers @BenMyersPoet]

The decline of shared standards of taste in the arts has not, contrary to expectation, resulted in a new freedom to "like whatever you like" but rather a strong tendency for people to admire only what others already admire. Absent shared standards, there is only hype.

[Makoto Fujimura @iamfujimura]

Why sanctifying imagination is a critical part of (Christian) education and discipleship. @iamculturecare

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@adamcarter @Culture_Crit Northeast USA represent.

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@Culture_Crit Incredible.

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@Jimmy_Puritan @AS_Protestant What reasoning do you have for this?

[Makoto Fujimura @iamfujimura]

Just saw “Barbie”. A delightful (and deeply meaning-filled) movie as @alissamarie has reviewed. https://t.co/8ygBWrqbSB

[Karen Swallow Prior (Notorious KSP) @KSPrior]

Perhaps it’s not so much ironic as it is emblematic. This brings us back to the condition the first evangelicals sought to redress by emphasizing genuine conversion over cultural Christianity, authentic faith over borrowed belief, and honest truth over institutional power.