Where do sacred words belong?Not just in scrolls or books, but in places. In raised platforms and ritual movements.In voices rising from wood, stone, and memory. Since my last update, I’ve been exploring new ways to reflect on these themes — not only through writing, but through sound.One of these experiments has taken the form … More Proclaiming Holy Scriptures: In the Space Between Voice and Stone
At this point in time, as we physically distance and isolate in response to COVID-19, there is no shortage of those who, provocatively, are considering new opportunities through virtual celebrations, replacing the human voice with the voice of artificial intelligence and supplanting paper texts with electronic and digital technologies. There have also been attempts to … More The Lector: Medium for Proclaiming Holy Scriptures
In my research on Sacred Places, I agree with many scholars that only a few places are sacred for their own without human involvement, such as the Mount Temple in Jerusalem, the Great Mosque of Mecca, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, and apparition Marian pilgrimage sites. Indigenous people … More Places of Holiness and Places of Horror
Profound reverence of scripture is an integral part of Christian religious life. The act of reading sacred texts has always required an appointed place, which has come to be considered sacred as well. These places constructed within the worship space — ambo, pyrgus, pulpit, and lectern, have attained powerful significance over the past two millennia.In … More Rediscovering Architecture’s Role in the Proclamation of Sacred Scriptures
The director of campus ministry Nancy Quan contacted me in September 2012 to design new liturgical furniture for their space on campus. A committee who has come together to work on this project gave me a series of principles to imprint in the project: Inclusive and Emphasize the Eucharist as an act of the whole … More Liturgical Furniture for St Mary’s University – Calgary
Beauty as a transcendental quality of being invites one to enter the world of contemplation. In The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays, Hans-Georg Gadamer argues, “The experience of the beautiful in art is a form of knowing.”[i] To illustrate his point, he examines three basic concepts: Play, Symbol, and Festival. I would also … More Play, Symbol and Festival in Worship Design
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