Glimpses

Glimpses: August

August 10, 2009 By heather Leave a Comment

A new issue of Glimpses comes out tomorrow. It features an interview with Andy Crouch (author of Culture Making) and amazing photography by Cinde Rawn (I’d like to spend a day or two seeing the world through her eyes).

For those of you who aren’t subscribed but would like to be, you can sign-up on the handy-dandy link to your right. You’ll get a free copy of a Bible study tool using some literary structures to understand stories of the Bible.

I should be a town crier. (My husband tells me I cry enough.)

Filed Under: Andy Crouch, Glimpses, photography

December's Glimpses and Artuality

December 1, 2008 By heather 1 Comment

December’s issue of Glimpses goes out tomorrow. This issue has an interview with the band, willowfair, a band I discovered through NoiseTrade. It also has artwork by David Blow. The meditation this month, fittingly enough, is on the Advent season and creativity.

Speaking of Advent, this brings me to this month’s Artuality. This month’s Artuality theme is Advent. From Wikipedia:

Advent (from the Latin word adventus, meaning "coming") is a season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus, in other words, the period immediately before Christmas.

The theme of readings and teachings during Advent is often to prepare for the Second Coming while commemorating the First Coming of Christ at Christmas. With the
view of directing the thoughts of Christians to the first coming of Jesus Christ as Saviour, and to his second coming as Judge, special lessons are prescribed for each of the four Sundays in Advent.

How does the Advent season inspire you spiritually or artistically? I’ll put up my thoughts and the link early next week, but I wanted to give you a chance to get your brain simmering.

The prayer from the Book of Common Prayers for the First Sunday of Advent (yesterday):

Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Filed Under: Advent, artuality, david blow, ezine, Glimpses, willowfair

November's Artuality and Glimpses

November 2, 2008 By heather 2 Comments

November’s Artuality will be up on Wednesday. Art has been a shaping force in my life. Through art, I encounter God,
am challenged to think in new ways, and see new perspectives. Art
influences my spirituality, my art, and my life.
Because of this, I started Artuality, a monthly festival celebrating how art shapes us.

This month’s theme is movies. On your blog, tell us about how movies or a movie influenced you artistically or spiritually. Remember, this can be anything from home videos to Oscar-winning flicks.

I’ll have my post up along with Mr. Linky on Wednesday.

For more information about Artuality (along with a short video about the impetus of the festival), see this post.

November’s Glimpses features an interview with David Taylor, former arts pastor at Hope Chapel in Austin, about how he got into the biz of arts pastoring. There will also be a flash fiction piece by yours truly along with some thoughts about implementing arts in your local church.

If you don’t already subscribe to Glimpses, you can do so using the nifty form just to your right (yes, I had to do the "L" thing to determine my right from my left–the thing is, both L’s look correct to me!).

Filed Under: art, artuality, David Taylor, Glimpses, movies, short stories

September's Glimpses (and other zine related events)

August 30, 2008 By heather 4 Comments

Here we are, approaching the beginning of a new month.

(Some of us are still in mourning from the end of the Olympics.)

But we all know what the beginning of a new month means.

Glimpses!

This month, I have an interview with, story of, and art by Makoto Fujimura. I also have a blurb on worshipping creatively in your Church. You can sign up on the sidebar.

Also, ready for the big announcement?

(No, Mom, I’m not pregnant.)

I’m moving from a Religion/Philosophy channel editor at Blog Nosh to a Fiction/Poetry editor. So here’s what I’m looking for (in this order):

1. Posts with short fiction or poetry

2. Posts about the craft of creative writing

When you email me your blog posts for consideration, remember:

1. The posts need to have fallen off your first page.

2. Send me your blog URL, the post URL, and your RSS feed URL.

Email them to me!

Filed Under: art, Blog Nosh, church, ecclesiology, fiction, Glimpses, Makoto Fujimura, worship, worshipping creatively

August's Glimpses

August 1, 2008 By heather 1 Comment

Ah, yes. I know you’re so excited, and you just can’t hide it. You’re about to lose control.

The August Glimpses edition will be arriving in inboxes everywhere on Tuesday, August 5th. This issue focuses on story. I have an interview with Barbara Nicolosi, screenwriter, founding director of and teacher at Act One, and co-author of Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith, Film, and Culture (and that just begins the list).

There’s also a flash fiction piece by Michelle Pendergrass, "When the Bough Breaks." I’m telling you, this story doesn’t get out of your mind.

Finally, you’ll find a devotional on worshipping creatively, specifically looking at art in the sanctuary.

If you’re not a subscriber, simply fill out the handy-dandy form to your right. To find out more information about the heart behind Glimpses, click here.

See ya in the funny papers!

Filed Under: Barbara Nicolosi, ezine, film and Christianity, flash fiction, Glimpses, Michelle Pendergrass, worshipping creatively

July's Glimpses

June 30, 2008 By heather 3 Comments

I’m back in Texas, land of hot, hot, hot. I had the best time in Jersey. There might have been a few tears when I landed in Dallas, but those were quickly eclipsed by being with my husband again. I missed that man.

More words and images on Jersey later.

For now, I wanted to let you know about what’s in store for July’s Glimpses. I have an interview with Geinene Carson from OM Artslink. OM Artslink began from a passion to see visual artists get involved in the Great Commission around the world. Geinene has some great stories about God’s work through artists!

I also have art work by Ruth Eshbaugh (I love her tagline, "Creativity is messy." Amen.) and a devotional about imagination in the Church.

For those of you who don’t subscribe, subscriptions are free, and when you sign-up, you receive a free copy of the Bible study guide, Reel Studies: A Study Tool for Bible Stories.

Filed Under: ezine, Glimpses

June's Glimpses

June 2, 2008 By heather Leave a Comment

This month, Glimpses contains poetry by L.L. Barkat (author of Stone Crossings, the book for which I broke my book moratorium) and Marcus Goodyear (writer, editor of The High Calling, and three million other jobs), an interview with an artist who uses her art to love others, and a devotional on what it means to have a communal, not just individual, hope of salvation.

Besides that, of course, is the free giveaway–a copy of the novel Murder, Mayhem, and a Fine Man by Claudia Mair Burney (read my book thoughts on it).

It’s not too late to sign-up! June’s issue goes out tomorrow morning (June 3). Remember, you get a free copy of Reel Studies: A Study Tool for Bible Stories when you sign-up.

Filed Under: art and theology, ezine, Glimpses

Memorial Day Musings

May 26, 2008 By heather 8 Comments

I started a new book last week! Writing the first few pages helped deteriorate the fear crippling me. I stalled and stalled knowing that what comes out on the page will never be what’s in my head. It’ll never be good enough.

I have to write anyway.

With that in mind, here’s a peek into my life:

That’s the bulletin board over my desk (which my husband would argue was his desk confiscated by a foreigner). Notice the fairy crown on the left. Needed for inspiration, of course. I don it when my imagination feels particularly unfairy-like. Lots of pics–my parents’ prom picture, pics of my niece and my hubby at eight (I think), of the two of us, of my great-aunt teaching me piano basics when I was five. Some of my SPS cards from the Colossians study (week 3′s card is in the works). Tickets of my favorites–Sweeney Todd and Rent. Prayer drawings (chalk) on the right–Brenda Gribbin led a group of us through that using images to pray. And smack in the middle, three of the characters from my new novel.

That’s Veronica, or Morning Sea. She’s the main character. I blurred out part of it because I’m not ready for you to know that yet, although I fear I may not have blurred it enough. Note that Veronica looks a lot like singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards with purple hair. Huh. Funny how that worked.

Meet Guy and Julianne, who will become Veronica’s best friends.

Lot of empty space. I’m still getting to know them.

Random musing #2–tomorrow, I’ll talk about Jeremy Begbie’s session at the Transforming Culture. It’ll be the last in the long, drawn-out series. But the truth is, I love talking about art and theology and art and the Church, so my question is, what would you like to talk about in that space? Do you have questions that you’d like to see the community tackle? Have you been wondering about how to get some artsy stuff going at your church? My ears are open.

Random musing #3–today’s the last day to win a $50 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble! Details here.

Random musing #4–yesterday’s sermon on Matthew 6, listening to another section from Dark Night of the Soul (I’m working through the book v-e-r-y slowly), and spending most of the weekend reading Embrace Me by Lisa Samson (review up sometime this week) has me thinking about some things. Nothing new, really, but some things I needed to be reminded of. More on this later. Still working this out.

Filed Under: characters, giggles, Glimpses, writing

Win a $50 Gift Certificate to Barnes and Noble!

May 19, 2008 By heather 7 Comments

I hinted about it last week. It’s time for the unveiling. A contest. A contest with a prize. A prize I myself wouldn’t mind winning, to be honest. Fifty dollars to use as you choose at any Barnes and Noble.

Many of you know about my monthly ezine, Glimpses. In each issue, I feature people who are incarnating Christ (i.e. living out Christ) in their story and in their art. I also have a devotional about incarnating Christ as the Church. (And a monthly giveaway.) I’d love to get subscriptions up. You see, I have some awesome (yes, awesome) interviews and artwork coming up the next several months–interviews with people from ALARM (African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries), from Artslink, from Come Let’s Dance, and from Art from the Streets, and artwork including poetry and paintings and flash fiction.

I want people to read and see this stuff because it’s cool (yes, cool) stuff.

So here’s the contest. Starting right this second and ending Monday, May 26, at midnight, the person who refers the most new subscribers to Glimpses will receive a crisp $50 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble.

For those of you who want to know more, see past issues, or read what others are saying before committing yourself, you can go here. (Note the handy-dandy new supercategory up at the top.)

Suggestions for getting the word out:

1. Email your friends, family, dentist. I’ll even make it easy for you. You can say something like this:

"I’m a subscriber to a monthly ezine called Glimpses. Glimpses is run by Heather A. Goodman. It has stories of Christians living for Christ, artwork reflecting Christ, and devotionals about being the Church. Not only are subscriptions free, but when you sign up, you get a free copy of Reel Studies: A Study Tool for Bible Stories. Reel Studies is a simple tool that helps with understanding the stories of the Bible. Each month, we get a chance to win a free giveaway. In the past, there’s been music, books, audio books, artwork, and coffee cuffs.

If you want to know more about the ezine, you can read about it here.

Right now, I’m participating in a contest with Glimpses. If you sign-up and list me as the referring friend, you can help me win a gift certificate for Barnes and Noble. You can sign up on Heather’s website–www.heatheragoodman.com–and you’ll get the free study tool that day.

Thanks for helping me out."

2. Put it on your blog. You can use the wording above, plus I’ll give you the code to put the sign-up form right on your blog to make it easy. Here’s the code to copy and paste:

3. Word of mouth. Literally. Telling people the old fashioned way–cell phones, text-messaging (note the irony), or even when you’re having coffee with a friend.

4. Rent a billboard.

Make sure that no matter which method you choose, your friend/family/dentist lists you as the referring friend so that you can get credit.

If you’re not currently a Glimpses subscriber, you can become one at any time during the contest and still participate.

Thanks for helping me get the word out about Glimpses! Good luck!

Fine print: The winner must refer at least 5 new subscribers in order to receive the gift certificate.

Filed Under: Barnes and Noble, ezine, Glimpses

Glimpses ezine

May 17, 2008 By heather Leave a Comment

Glimpses ezine features Christianity in art and life. Each quarter, subscribers receive in their email an issue that contains a feature on a person or group, a work of art, such as visual art, poetry, and flash fiction, and a devotional on what it means to live as the Church creatively and artistically.

What others are saying about Glimpses:

Glimpses ezine merges social consciousness, the arts, and solid Biblical theology to deliver a monthly conversation that draws me out of the role of "armchair Christian" and into the challenge of active devotion with the gifts the Lord has given me for right here, right now.

Erin Teske, Artist and Cofounder of Soul Per Suit

As a bi-vo pastor and business owner I have a
very tight schedule and have little time to read all that is sent my
way via email. However, I look forward to receiving
Glimpses for its rich content on a single page. I’m challenged and encouraged.

Brent Dix, Pastor

Trying to take time out for personal thought and reflection doesn’t always happen. When I get my Glimpses ezine ‘s a good time to do that. I sit and immediately travel to In Her Art, move to In Her Story then on to As the Church. Remembering how others work in the Body of Christ changes my day and my outlook.

Christina Kieffer, Visual Artist

Glimpses ezine provides a bridge between art and theology by showing
the impact the two have on my everyday life. Through personal
interviews, devotions, and the fine arts, Glimpses provides
extraordinary encouragement for my Christian walk. As a visual artist
it provides a source of information and inspiration. It’s a must read
every month.

Ryan Holmes, Digital Artist at Dallas Theological Seminary

Past issues have included interviews with David Taylor, Barbara Nicolosi, Andy Crouch, along with other artists, writers, and theologians, and art by Makoto Fujimura, L.L. Barkat, and others. Samples of past issues.

Filed Under: art, Christianity, church, culture, ecclesiology, ezine, Glimpses, social justice, theology