Art Story Mission

Art Story Mission kicks off with conversations about the Lenten journey, art and faith, and emotionally healthy spirituality.

Hosts John Hatfield, Lacy Hilbrich, Lauren Kussro, and Coby Cagle kick off our conversation about inner healing, art, and emotionally healthy spirituality.

Art Story Mission is produced by the community of Ecclesia Clear Lake in League City, TX. Each week in this series, Art Story Mission brings you a Lenten meditation, a conversation about faith and art, and a discussion on emotionally healthy spirituality. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss the next episode.

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John Hatfield
Lacy Hilbrich
Lauren Kussro
Coby Cagle

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In this preview for our Lenten discussion on Art & Faith, John Hatfield & Lauren Kussro talk about the artistic process, sanctification, and blooper reels.

Lauren Kussro is an printmaker and artist who teaches at the University of Houston Clear Lake. Lauren has also been a seasonal artist at Ecclesia Clear Lake, most recently creating a series of prints for our Advent celebration. You can find more of Lauren's art on her website.

Art Story Mission is a new podcast from Ecclesia Clear Lake, hosted by John Hatfield and various voices from the ECL community. This podcast is an ongoing conversation about the journey of following Jesus as we explore themes of beauty, mission, and the stories that are unfolding in and around our faith community. We hope this show encourages you to dive deeper into the life that God offers in Jesus Christ.

Like many of the things we do at Ecclesia Clear Lake, Art Story Mission follows the church calendar as a backdrop for our conversations. Each new season on the church calendar will bring fresh voices, new stories, and evolving discussions on art, beauty, and the mission of the Church.
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Ecclesia Clear Lake Elder Lacy Hilbrich offers the Third Step Prayer and a reflection on belonging.

During Advent and Christmas, Art Story Mission is exploring Prayer through a curated collection of historical and multicultural prayers. As we pray along with Christ followers from around the world and throughout history, we hope that your Advent season will be a time of renewed prayer and preparation for the coming Christmas celebration.

We want this season of Art Story Mission to be a simple offering, keeping with the spirit of Advent. We asked 6 people to select a prayer and include it in their daily prayer time. Each week we will feature a prayer curated by a member of our community, along with a reflection from that person’s experience with the prayer.

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production and music by John Hatfield

Brandon Deitz shares a prayer from Howard Thurman and reflects on how the coming of Christ disrupts our routines and reorients our lives.

Howard Thurman (1899-1981) was an African American pastor, professor, and author. He was the spiritual mentor of Martin Luther King. He spent much of his time as a pastor and professor helping people learn how to recognize, understand, and respond to the movement of God in the midst of the pain and joy of life.

During Advent and Christmas, Art Story Mission is exploring Prayer through a curated collection of historical and multicultural prayers. As we pray along with Christ followers from around the world and throughout history, we hope that your Advent season will be a time of renewed prayer and preparation for the coming Christmas celebration.

We want this season of Art Story Mission to be a simple offering, keeping with the spirit of Advent. We asked 6 people to select a prayer and include it in their daily prayer time. Each week we will feature a prayer curated by a member of our community, along with a reflection from that person’s experience with the prayer.

Learn more about Ecclesia Clear Lake.

Don't forget to subscribe to Art Story Mission, and rate us on your favorite podcast platform.

production and music by John Hatfield

ECL Lead Pastor Coby Cagle shares a prayer from Korean composer Geonyong Lee, and offers a meditation on the role of lament and intercession in Advent.

Geon-yong Lee was born in 1947 in Pyongannam-do, in what is now North Korea. His father was a minister. Following the Korean War, the family moved to what is now South Korea in 1953 where Mr. Lee grew up in Seoul. He grew to become a very influential composer. Mr. Lee is among the many Anglicans actively working toward reunification of the Korean peninsula. Mr. Lee composed the words and music of this hymn in 1988 while attending a workshop at Bossey, Geneva, with the World Council of Churches.

During Advent and Christmas, Art Story Mission is exploring Prayer through a curated collection of historical and multicultural prayers. As we pray along with Christ followers from around the world and throughout history, we hope that your Advent season will be a time of renewed prayer and preparation for the coming Christmas celebration.

We want this season of Art Story Mission to be a simple offering, keeping with the spirit of Advent. We asked 6 people to select a prayer and include it in their daily prayer time. Each week we will feature a prayer curated by a member of our community, along with a reflection from that person’s experience with the prayer.

Learn more about Ecclesia Clear Lake.

Don't forget to subscribe to Art Story Mission, and rate us on your favorite podcast platform.

production and music by John Hatfield