Imagination → Acceptable Worship

The Pursuit of Truth, Goodness, and…Beauty? Suggested Reading on Arts and the Christian Life

By Kim Arnold June 12, 2025Uncategorized, Worship

When someone mentions “the arts,” what do you think of? I believe a typical picture includes an “anything goes” attitude, whether in the artist’s lifestyle or in the art’s production…

Hymns on the Lips of our Children

By Kim Arnold August 18, 2021Hymnology, Music, Worship

I remember a time when my son began singing a song that he had learned from listening to Christian radio. He was happily singing away, and I was so glad…

Beauty in Worship

By Kim Arnold July 28, 2021Worship2 Comments

Beauty in worship is a topic that is not often addressed these days. Based on worship services that you have recently attended, would you say that beauty in worship is…

Imagination in Hymnody

By Kim Arnold May 28, 2021Hymnology, Music

Imagination in Hymnody Below is an excerpt from a larger paper that I titled "Music as More than Mental Mechanism: An Analysis of Imagination in the Hymnody of Thomas Hastings."…