NEWS STORY
RNS-Bridge-Projects: In this art gallery, conversations about religion and spirituality are encouraged
HOLLYWOOD (RNS) — Bridge Projects is a new gallery space on Santa Monica Boulevard that seeks to link art with spiritual and religious traditions. Its inaugural exhibition, “10 Columns” by artist Phillip K. Smith III, features 30 glowing mirrored panels that shift colors from warm yellow and orange tones to bright blue and red hues. Since its opening celebration in October, people have documented their experiences in the space through Instagram, sharing how the installation makes them feel “reflective,” “meditative” and is “enthralling.” By Alejandra Molina. 728 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Reese-Oped: Greta Thunberg, a prophet for Advent
(RNS) — Scientists tell us that oceans are rising. Cities will flood. Weather patterns will change. Millions of people will suffer. The damage we are doing to mother earth may be impossible to heal. Advent scriptures encourage us to patience as we wait for the Lord’s coming, but I agree with the 16-year-old prophet Greta Thunberg that time is running out. By Thomas Reese. 962 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Riess-Oped: A last-minute gift for the spiritual reader in your life
(RNS) — The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others’ Eyes takes snippets of C.S. Lewis’s various writings, all themed around the capacious love he had for books and reading, and gathers them into a gift book that’s conveniently sized for tucking in a loved one’s stocking. By Jana Riess. 1,048 words. (category: k)
