Liturgy Collective

Makoto Fujimura, a leading contemporary artist known for 'slow art' and healing through beauty, shares reflections on presence and recovery. He explores slowness as a way to process trauma and the kintsugi practice of valuing brokenness. They discuss art’s power to retrain attention, the unfinished nature of creative work, and how communities can behold and restore what is fragmented.

Tim Lecroy is pastor of New Life Presbyterian Church in Ithaca, NY. He is also Instructor of Historical Theology at Covenant Theological Seminary where he teaches the Ancient and Medieval course. He holds a PhD in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University majoring in medieval and minoring in patristic theology. This panel was presented at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

J. Marty Cope is a Senior Director of Music and Arts, and Organist at Park Cities Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Dallas, TX. This presentation was given at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Rachel Wilhelm is a singer-songwriter based in Knoxville, Tennessee. As the United States team leader for an ACNA ministry called United Adoration, she leads songwriting and worship arts retreats for local churches and their artists. This presentation was given at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Makoto Fujimura is a leading contemporary artist whose process driven, refractive “slow art” has been described by David Brooks of New York Times as “a small rebellion against the quickening of time”.  Haejin Shim Fujimura is a lawyer and an entrepreneur, and is the managing partner and founder of the law firm Shim & Associates, P.C., which was founded on the vision of culture renewal for the legal industry and advocacy for the oppressed. Haejin is also a co-founder and the CEO of Embers International and a co-founder and the president of Academy Kintsugi. Haejin has served on multiple nonprofit boards as well as on the advocacy and mobilization team for International Justice Mission. This lecture was given live at the 2022 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Steven R. Guthrie (PhD, University of St. Andrews) teaches religion at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he helped launch a new program in religion and the arts. He previously taught at the University of St. Andrews and was on the faculty of the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts. Guthrie contributed to the Encyclopedia of Christianity, coedited Resonant Witness with Jeremy Begbie, and is the author of numerous articles. This presentation was given at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Steven R. Guthrie (PhD, University of St. Andrews) teaches religion at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he helped launch a new program in religion and the arts. He previously taught at the University of St. Andrews and was on the faculty of the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts. Guthrie contributed to the Encyclopedia of Christianity, coedited Resonant Witness with Jeremy Begbie, and is the author of numerous articles. This presentation was given at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Randall Kilpatrick Goodgame is an American singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music and the creative force behind the family music brand, Slugs & Bugs. Goodgame has recorded eight solo albums and contributed to numerous others. This presentation was given at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Tim LeCroy is the pastor of New Life Presbyterian Church in Ithaca, NY. Ithaca is in the Finger Lakes region of Central New York and is home to both Cornell University and Ithaca College. He is instructor of Historical Theology at Covenant Theological Seminary where he teaches the Ancient and Medieval course. Tim holds a PhD in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University majoring in medieval and minoring in patristic theology. Kevin Twit has been the RUF Campus Minister at Belmont University since 1995. He previously served as a pastor at Christ Community Church for eight years. In 1999 Kevin began Indelible Grace Music with some of his students and has lectured widely on topics of hymns and worship.

Ligon Duncan (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary, president of RTS Jackson, and the John E. Richards professor of systematic and historical theology. He is a board and council member of The Gospel Coalition. His new RTS course on the theology of the Westminster Standards is now available via RTS Global, the online program of RTS. He and his wife, Anne, have two adult children. Scotty Smith is the founding pastor of Christ Community Church in Franklin, Tennessee.