A friend sent me a link to an article
lately with the above title, featuring Joel McKerrow, a brilliant spoken word artist. His thoughts regarding faith and art are applicable to
anyone who works in the arts and the media. You
can read the entire article here, but for now, here are a few
quotes:
McKerrow
is adamant that he is not a “Christian artist”. “We
have done a disservice to the world by having a Christian music
scene; a Christian artist scene. People who follow Jesus should be
artists who are Christians.”
“My
hope is that my spirituality comes across in my music and in my
poetry, but I think it comes across in a subversive way. My
spirituality and my faith and my understanding of God and life and
Christianity – they affect everything to do with my artistry, but I
wouldn’t want to call myself a Christian artist,” says McKerrow.
If more
Christians adopt the same approach as Joel, we'll end up
being a lot like yeast in dough*. Our way of living, and essentially Christ
in us slowly permeates our surroundings - subtly teaching people how
to live, as Bill Johnson would say.
*Matthew
13:33
