Author Archives: Roger W. Lowther
Priests & Artists
Roger W. Lowther • Tokyo, Japan
June 1, 2019
According to Updike’s famous maxim, what can be further removed from each other than “priest” and “artist”? Wait a minute! Isn’t that exactly what we are? We are living paradoxes!
New Year’s Greeting
Roger W. Lowther • Tokyo, Japan
February 1, 2019
Last month, I walked through the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo to see “Catastrophe and the Power of Art,” where I found the above words by Masako Takahashi. She launched ARTS for HOPE nine days after the trifold earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters in 2011 …
“All Things New” Art Festival
Roger W. Lowther • Tokyo, Japan
July 1, 2019
June 15, 2019, Tokyo, Japan. Community Arts Tokyo hosted its fifth annual international arts conference. The theme this year was “All Things New.”
Nairobi Statement
Roger W. Lowther • Tokyo, Japan
June 1, 2019
On January 1996, representatives from the Lutheran World Foundation in all five continents gathered in Nairobi, Kenya to talk about the relationship between worship and culture.
“WITNESS!” West Coast MTW Conference
Peter Bakelaar • Nagoya, Japan
June 1, 2019
April 26-27, 2019, Roseville, CA. MAKE was represented at Mission to the World’s recent West Coast Hub Conference by a number of MAKE artists. About 210 people from 40 churches in the Sacramento area attended.