Í mong ár havi eg havt sama nýggjárslyfti: At arbeiða ímóti Jantelóguni og eggja fólki, sum siga, Eg geri ongan mun!, við at minna tey á, hvussu serstøk tey eru. Á okkara leiðum hevur jantelógin havt eina keðiliga ávirkan á menning og trivnað. Tankin um jantelógina kom fram í 1933 í sjálvsævisøguni eftir Aksel Sandemose, En flygtning krydser sit spor. Hendingarnar fara fram í lítlu bygdini, Jante. Í Jante var ein óskrivaður hugburður, sum segði, at ongin skuldi skara framúr.

It flows from the very character of God. God is a creative God. God is a creative God. In fact, He invented creativity. It was His idea. Creativity is part of the very nature and character of God. The fifth word in the Bible is created—“In the beginning God created …” (Genesis 1:1). God kicked off the creative process and it’s been moving forward ever since. Ponder creation for a moment. God created the entire universe out of nothing. He formed all original things (like an in

Twenty years ago, a healthier relationship between Christianity and the fine arts seemed to be on the horizon. Image Journal and CT sister magazine Books & Culture had launched. In 1999, I traveled to Austin on behalf of another magazine, re:generation (which I then edited), to profile a young man named David Taylor, the “arts pastor” at Hope Chapel. He was the first person I had ever met with that title. Since then, I have met more and more arts pastors. Image and Books & Cu