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trinity forest churchLiberated to See by the God Who SeesIt was a joy to have Dr. Wes Vander Lugt as our guest preacher this week and look at the story lines of Zechariah and Elizabeth. Each week, we’re asking the question: do you see? This week we find people asking God that very question – and he does indeed see them. And they are liberated by the God who sees them … to see him and see others rightly. Let’s look through them and see!
2025-12-0727 min
Earthkeepers: A Circlewood Podcast on Creation Care and SpiritualityCommunity with the Whole of Creation, with Wes and Stephanie Vander Lugt of Kinship Plot | Ep. 137In this conversation, Forrest and James engage with Wes and Stephanie Vander Lugt, co-founders of Kinship Plot, an intentional community in Charlotte, North Carolina. They discuss the vision behind Kinship Plot, which focuses on cultivating resonant relationships with each other, the land, and with Spirit. The conversation explores the community's practices, challenges, and the importance of contemplative action and liberatory welcome. The founders share stories of community engagement, the joy of working together, and the deep longing for belonging and rootedness in a fast-paced world. They emphasize the need for personal reflection and the impact of community on individual...
2025-10-0146 min
Re-integrateRe-Enchant Your Faith by Perceiving Beauty (Podcast) with Dr. Wesley Vander LugtDo you feel that our isolating individualism, nonstop injustices, consumerist lifestyles, or everyday monotony are suffocating your soul?Our guest, Wesley Vander Lugt, believes what breathes life into us is something that we can easily miss or dismiss: BEAUTY.His book is Beauty Is Oxygen: Finding a Faith That Breathes (Eerdmans, 2024). Here is not your ivory-tower theologian; his PhD is in Theology, Imagination, and the Arts. Wes shows how beauty can break us out of self-centered malaise, promote healing and hope for our broken world, and re-enchant our lives. Wes believes that Beauty is as...
2025-08-0953 min
Threshold ChurchMission & Values Week FiveTitle: Mission & Values- Create BreautySpeaker: Wes Vander LugtText: Exodus 36
2025-03-1027 min
Makers & MysticsS14 E20: Beauty Is Oxygen with Wesley Vander LugtWesley Vander Lugt is a pastor, theologian, writer, and arts advocate. He teaches theology and directs the Leighton Ford Center for Theology, the Arts and Gospel Witness at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte North Carolina. Wes holds a PhD in Theology, Imagination and the Arts from the University of St Andrews, and his latest books are Beauty is Oxygen: Finding a Faith that Breathes and the forthcoming A Prophet in the Darkness: Exploring Theology in the Art of Georges Rouault.In my conversation with Wes, we discuss his latest book Beauty Is Oxygen and the role beauty pl...
2024-12-3130 min
The Artistic VisionWesley Vander Lugt: Beauty is OxygenWes Vander Lugt graciously joins us on The Artistic Vision today. Full disclosure: this was the first interview we did, so you’ll see some real amateurs in action. We’re floundering; Dr. Vander Lugt is great. We talk about art, agriculture, his work at Gordon Conwell, and his new book, Beauty as Oxygen.Wesley Vander LugtWes currently works as the Acting Director of the Leighton Ford Center for Theology, the Arts, and Gospel Witness and Adjunct Professor of Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte. He is also the Co-Founder of Kinship Plot...
2024-12-1930 min
UK Desk for Arts ExpressUK Desk for Arts Express 10-09-24: Wesley Vander Lugt on the Theological Vision of Georges RouaultIn this episode of Arts Express, UK Desk host Jack Clarke interviews theologian, writer, and arts advocate Wesley Vander Lugt. With a PhD in Theology, Imagination, and the Arts from the University of St. Andrews, Wes brings his unique perspective to the table, exploring the deep intersections of art, faith, and social commentary. The discussion centres around Wes’s latest book, A Prophet in the Darkness: Georges Rouault and the Power of Modern Art, which delves into the life and work of French artist Georges Rouault.Together, Jack and Wes unpack how Rouault’s bold depictions of mar...
2024-10-1026 min
The HabitWesley Vander Lugt Breathes BeautyWesley Vander Lugt is a pastor, theologian, writer, teacher, nonprofit leader, and arts advocate with a passion for beauty, slowness, cultivation, and kinship. He currently works as the Acting Director of the Leighton Ford Center for Theology, the Arts, and Gospel Witness and is Adjunct Professor of Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte. He is also the Co-Founder of Kinship Plot, a community of learning and practice imagining and embodying resonant relationships of every kind. His new book is Beauty Is Oxygen: Finding a Faith that Breathes. In this episode, Wes and Jonathan Rogers discuss just how necessary b...
2024-06-1737 min
Potter's Inn Soul Care ConversationsBeauty as Oxygen, Part 2 Today we are continuing the conversation with special guest Wesley Vander Lugt and Steve, as they continue to discuss beauty as oxygen and Kinshop Plot, a mission that is all about the deep belonging, resonant relationships, and entangled identities that bring us fully alive. Thanks for joining us in today's conversation! TODAY'S GUEST - WESLEY VANDER LUGT Wes is a pastor, theologian, writer, educator, nonprofit leader, and arts advocate with a passion for beauty, slowness, cultivation, kinship, and theodramatics. Wes currently works as the Acting Director of the Leighton Ford Center fo...
2023-02-2838 minPotter's Inn Soul Care ConversationsBeauty as Oxygen Oxygen is essential to our survival. Did you ever think that Beauty might also be essential to our survival? Special guest Wesley Vander Lugt and Steve dig deep into how Beauty is not just about decoration in our lives or as an illustration of truth, but something deep in us that longs to not only enjoy beauty, but to be drawn into it and participate in it. Thanks for joining us in today's conversation. TODAY'S GUEST - WESLEY VANDER LUGT Wes is a pastor, theologian, writer, educator, nonprofit leader, and arts advocate with...
2023-02-2152 min
Warehouse 242 : Sunday TalksJesus is the ChristA sermon by Wes Vander Lugt from John 3:22-36 on Bearing Witness to the Christ.
2021-03-2839 minWarehouse 242 : Sunday TalksThe Joy of Pressing on TogetherA message from by Wes Vander Lugt on Phil 3:12-4:1 and the joy of pressing on together.
2021-02-0733 minWarehouse 242 : Sunday TalksThe Joy of Offering Up Our LivesA message from Philippians 2:12-30 by Wes Vander Lugt on the joy of offerings up ourselves with excerpts from A Reclamation of Joy with José Humphreys by A Work of the People.
2021-01-2433 minWarehouse 242 : Sunday TalksThe Joy of Making Christ KnownA sermon from Phil. 1:12-30 on the joy of making Christ known by Wes Vander Lugt.
2021-01-1026 minWarehouse 242 : Sunday TalksWaiting as Worshipful PracticeA sermon by Wes Vander Lugt on Luke 2:22-39 (ESV)
2020-12-2025 minWarehouse 242 : Sunday TalksWhen God ProvidesA message by Wes Vander Lugt on Genesis 22:1-19.Watch the entire Sunday Gathering here.
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