Julie Halitzka

Now as I’ve said before, I’m encouraged by how many contemporary artists and authors are personally involved in ministries of mercy and issues of compassion and significance. These are a generation of artists who are busy supporting International Justice Mission and Blood:Water Mission.

But few of them are raising the voice of a true Christian counter culture; few have the sound of counter culture protest, lament or outcry. Few are taking on the voice of the prophet. Few are using artistic irony and sharp observation and story telling to penetrate into those aspects of our culture where the truth of God has a sure and true word for us. Few are articulating the vision of anything approaching a radical kind of Christian discipleship.

I don’t hear the kids of voices that shined the light of God on the darkness of racism, that opposed the Vietnam war with a Christian conscience or that awoke to the realities of poverty and corruption in America. Evangelical art seems to reflect the concerns of the status quo, and the easy acceptance of a world where how we feel is the great crisis of our time.

As Christians, we are called to be salt and light. How can we better stand out from the culture – even be counter cultural – in the way we live our lives, in our worship, and in our artistry?

HT: ( Internet Monk )