Hope Liturgical Works on liturgical art and space
From Hope Liturgical Works, as featured in Image’s Update:
The worship space should be an environment rich in meaning, depth and texture. It is a space intended to renew our yearning to be firmly in the world, but decidedly not of it. To do this, it must engage our senses and imagination, in order to point us beyond them.
The liturgical art and furnishings which inhabit these spaces are among the most challenging to design and create. They must comply with the constraints of doctrine and tradition, but still suggest the vitality of living spirit; reflect the particular theological sensibilities of the congregation, but also allow that the congregation will grow and change in its understanding of itself and of God. They must comfort us and challenge us; remind us of the past, inspire us for the future, but keep us, securely, in the present.
It is the sanctuary for what is, at once, the most public of testimonies, and the most personal and private of experiences.
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