Season 8 EP 7: Re-emergence of the Arts w/ Melanie Penn
Release Date: 01/05/2023
Season 9 EP 7: A Spiritual Practice of Peace
Art & Faith Conversations
Host, Libby Johnson, will guide you through a spiriutal practice that focuses on peace. Through prayer, lectio divina style reading, and question prompts to ponder, this episode will lead you in a devotional style practice of gathering your scattered thoughts and calming your anxious heart. This is an episode you can return to again and again as a way to start your day by centering your throughts on scripture and prayer. [email protected] Follow Me On Instagram @artandfaithpodcast @vividartistryco
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Season 9 EP6: The Artist & Burnout w/ Andrew Nemr
Art & Faith Conversations
Andrew Nemr is an international tap artist, TED Fellow, speaker, mentor, and writer. Andrew started tapping at the age of 3 being mentored by Gregory Hines starting at a very young age. He’s a solo artist in dance, visual art and music but also travels the world as a speaker, mentor, and coach in a variety of settings and has had his life story featured in an independent film by Windrider called Identity. We discuss a significant moment in his life when he hit a wall and experienced burnout throughout his whole body, mind, and spirit in a visceral way. Andrew shares vulnerably...
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Season 9 EP 5: Embodied Preaching w/ Jaclyn Williams
Art & Faith Conversations
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...
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Season 9 EP 4: Embodying the Pace of God w/ Mark Buchanan
Art & Faith Conversations
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. Instagram @artandfaithpodcast Email
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Season 9 EP 3: The Embodied Language of Dance w/ Julianna Rubio Slager
Art & Faith Conversations
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...
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Season 9 EP 2: Embodiment & the Brain w/ Dr. Curt Thompson
Art & Faith Conversations
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. Instagram:...
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Season 9 EP 1: Embodied Art & Worship w/ David Taylor
Art & Faith Conversations
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. 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...
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Season 8 EP 9: Art Led by Listening w/ Jane Boutwell
Art & Faith Conversations
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...
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Season 8 EP 8: Sacred Strides w/ Justin McRoberts
Art & Faith Conversations
Justin McRoberts returns to the podcast to talk about his newest book, Sacred Strides: The Journey to Belovedness in Work and Rest. In this episode we discuss the myth of finding balancing but rather discovering the tensions and rhythms in different seasons of life. We also talk about the significance of practicing a day of Sabbath and the pitfalls of focuisng on utitliy in our creative and spiritual lives. Jusitn is a speaker, author, mentor, and musician. Some of his previous books include It Is What You Make of It and the books of prayer collaboration project with Scott Erickson. ...
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Lent Meditation Series Week 5
Art & Faith Conversations
Week 5 of a series of audio meditations to guide you through the season of Lent. Each Lent episode is an exceprt of a more in-depth writtten series that includes movement prayer and visual art as well as poetry and scripture. Visit to go deeper Music provided by Journal Prompt Questions: What are some ways you can slow down and be cared for in this season? How might you need to re-position yourself to see beauty? Email: Instagram: @artandfaithpodcast
info_outlineMelanie Penn returns to the podcast to talk about some of her latest music and how creative work is needed now more than ever. She describes beauty as an act of defiance against the dark times of the world and how artists play a significant role in healing from the events since 2020. We discuss the many changes and new norms we've all experienced including some big changes and loss that happened in her own life.
Melanie has a backgournd in classical voice training before becoming an independent recording artist. During a career touring in Broadway musicals, she felt compelled to write her own songs and recorded her first album in 2010 which received critical acclaim. She has since released several albums including her Immanuel project in 2017 which rose to #1 on Amazon's Christian worship and holiday charts. Her most recent albums, More Alive Vol 1 and Vol 2, she released from 2020-2022. Clips featured in this episode are from Vol 2. She first appeared on the podcast in Aug. 2020 on Season 5 Episode 16 titled, "Creative Clarity" which can be found on all streaming platforms.