January-February-March 2021


WorshipArts (lSSN08915288) is a publication to the members of Te Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts.


Te Fellowship’s Calling We are Christians embracing God’s artistic giſts to create world- transforming worship.


Our Values Worship arts that lead to spiritual growth and faith formation. Relationships that lead to hospitality, fellowship, and nurture.


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WorshipArts Editorial Committee Carla Swank Fox, Editor PO Box 24787, Nashville, TN 37202 (615) 592-6711, Carla@UMFellowship.org


David Wiltse, Editor Emeritus Grand Rapids, MI


Tracy DePue 45 Yazoo Circle, Maumelle, AR 72113 (501) 944-3266, tracydepue@gmail.com


Juan Huertas 1605 Roussell St., Houma, LA 70360 (337) 764-3202, revjuanhuertas@gmail.com


Joy Lamb 10 Chapman Ln., Gales Ferry, CT 06335 (860) 464-7407, joylamb@snet.net


Sara Collins, Reviews Coordinator 9324 Erie Tr., Shelby, MI 49455 (231) 861-4905, ssjcollins24@aol.com


Rick Wiltse, Advertising Coordinator (269) 932-8151, worshipartsads@att.net


Dakota Hill, Publications and Media Coordinator Dyersburg, TN (731) 415-1942, dhill@fumcdyersburg.com


Volume 66 Number 1 Inside this issue “Each breath a stepping-stone to God” ....................... 4


This excerpt from Inner Compass by Margaret Silf offers a prayer picture for reflection.


Living from the inside out ............................................................. 7


How is your soul today? Weary? Exhausted? Simple, intentional inquiry within is a helpful way to move from the outside world to the inside, where the Spirit of God resides and desires to be in intimate connection with you.


Gathered ....................................................................................................... 13


“As a tired year has drawn to a close and we anticipate the bright possibilities of the year still to come, may we embrace the mys- tery of God’s will.”


The parable of the hay meadow .......................................... 15


Leah King writes: “Not until 2013, when I took up my camera as a spiritual discipline, did my eyes open, and my ears hear, and my heart understand as when I was a child. Only then ... did I come to fully appreciate all those parables that Jesus told about fig trees, mustard seeds, times and seasons. ”


The labyrinth ............................................................................................. 34 “I am the labyrinth. Keep moving.”


Also ... From the Editor ................................................ 6 From the President ........................................... 22 Fellowship Family Updates ............................ 23 2020 Annual Fund Donors ..................... 24-25 From the Executive Director ......................... 26 Reviews ...............................................................27-32 Contacts ................................................................ 33


Cover: A custom piece of artwork created by Kerri Bradford (see p. 5) illustrates Margaret Silf’s “Stepping-Stones,” which has become a guiding essay for the 2021 WorshipArts editorial committee.


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