Origin Series: On Becoming
There are few things more sacred in life than points of origin. The point from where thoughts, ideas, and perspectives begin holds potent ability to echo and endure through generations and shape how people and cultures both speak and act. How a person interacts with and thinks about the world is the essence of living and the result of a starting point.
Origin, an Art House Dallas program, seeks to establish a wholeness and connectedness between spiritual formation, imagination, and the arts with the ultimate intent to establish a sacred perspective on how we individually and collectively live and create. We believe that beauty shown through the arts, culture, and creation holds a powerful ability to form the way we see ourselves, the world, and our interaction with both. Observing beauty gives witness to something deep and life-giving—the Source and Sustainer of all creation. As embodied creatures made in the image of the Triune God we must consider the formation of our senses, our emotions, and our ideas. This same incarnate God calls us to be like him in our participation of cultivating goodness, truth, and beauty.
Due to the COVID crisis, we have altered the format of this program. This year Origin will gather online and in the evening with facilitated discussion groups directed by Art House Dallas leaders. Prior to each gathering, a video will be posted of the teachings for the topic. A library of these teachings can be found here. We will focus on the process of becoming which is awakened through the materiality of a placed community and the tangible facets of life together.
We have created a printed anthology consisting of articles, poetry, visual art, and scripture, along with questions for prayerful reflection. This anthology is intended to be a companion to the series, drawing you further up and further in the journey of becoming. Below you can find more information as well as order your copy.
On Becoming
July: Becoming Through Christ - Brett Bradshaw
August: All Living is Local - Dustin Messer
September: Neighborliness - Kathy Lee-Cornell
October: Making Peace with Creation - Sten-Erik Armitage
November: Beauty & Justice - Dave & Rachel Larlee
Dave & Rachel Larlee of All Saints Dallas lead this talk on “Beauty & Justice”
Join us as we consider the beauty and the justice of God in this timely gathering.
Date: Thursday, November 19th
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Online Gathering via Zoom
Get the Origin Reader
This anthology is the loving creation of a community of friends in hope of transformation. Each chapter includes a text, poem, visual art, and scripture, along with questions for prayerful reflection to draw you further up and further in the journey of becoming. We hope you will find the authors, poets, and visual artists to be wise guides and friends as you enter into a companioned journey of becoming in Christ through the door of imagination and deeper to the heart. Our desire is that this collection would attune our senses to the sacred character of how we live and create in the particular place we find ourselves now. In all our searching for truth, justice, and beauty: to become fully, we must first be found in creation by the pursuing love of God, who asks, “Where are you?”
This collection is intended to be used alongside Art House Dallas’ Origin program, if you are unable to afford this reader but would still love to participate, please fill out this form and let us know your situation.
In light of COVID-19, On Becoming will be mailed to participants. All scheduled sessions will be held virtually.