Beauty as Well as Bread
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For many years, I spent most Monday evenings in the basement of All Souls Church in New York City, where their fellowship hall, nicknamed “Friendship Hall,” was transformed into a dining room for over 300 guests. Read more →
Loving Ugly
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Have you ever been worshipped? I’m not talking about the “bring offerings to an altar built in your name” kind of worship—although if you do happen to have offerings of chocolate, I’m open. Read more →
Inner Beauty
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I entered prison in 1989 and did not care about beauty. I hadn’t for many years. I did not seek it, didn’t even pay attention to it. Read more →
Do You Find Beauty
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Do you find beauty—even inspiration—in the words that you find in Quest each month? Read more →
From Your Minister
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When my child Jie was 4, we were waiting in line at the post office behind a very dark-skinned man who wore a kufi cap, tunic and pants of a colorful African fabric featuring oranges, yellows and reds. My child looked up at him in wonder. “You’re beautiful!” Jie declared. Read more →
REsources for Living
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The saying goes that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” What is beautiful to one person might very well do nothing for another. Read more →
Audio Recordings
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You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions of the text to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org Read more →
Aching Beauty
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What to do with beauty?
or joy, for that matter—
in the midst of tragedy,
of violence, of cruelty? Read more →
Beauty
June 2018
You are imperfect; permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful. ―Amy Bloom
Articles
Beauty as Well as Bread
For many years, I spent most Monday evenings in the basement of All Souls Church in New York City, where their fellowship hall, nicknamed “Friendship Hall,” was transformed into a dining room for over 300 guests. Read more »
Loving Ugly
Have you ever been worshipped? I’m not talking about the “bring offerings to an altar built in your name” kind of worship—although if you do happen to have offerings of chocolate, I’m open. Read more »
Inner Beauty
I entered prison in 1989 and did not care about beauty. I hadn’t for many years. I did not seek it, didn’t even pay attention to it. Read more »
Do You Find Beauty
Do you find beauty—even inspiration—in the words that you find in Quest each month? Read more »
From Your Minister
When my child Jie was 4, we were waiting in line at the post office behind a very dark-skinned man who wore a kufi cap, tunic and pants of a colorful African fabric featuring oranges, yellows and reds. My child looked up at him in wonder. “You’re beautiful!” Jie declared. Read more »
REsources for Living
The saying goes that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” What is beautiful to one person might very well do nothing for another. Read more »
Audio Recordings
You can listen to audio recordings of Quest Monthly, read back issues or get electronic versions of the text to share with friends (and much more) at questformeaning.org Read more »
Aching Beauty
What to do with beauty? or joy, for that matter— in the midst of tragedy, of violence, of cruelty? Read more »
Beauty
You are imperfect; permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful. ―Amy Bloom Read more »
Beautiful and Broken
A mosaic is a kind of artwork that is made by creating a picture out of pieces of pottery. It’s a way that something broken can turn into something beautiful.
One way to play with the idea of a mosaic is to draw an abstract picture, full of color and shapes, but not necessarily of a particular thing like a cat or a robot. Then cut the picture up. Break it on purpose. Then glue the pieces onto a piece of construction paper, leaving just a little gap between each piece.
You will create a new, and maybe surprising, piece of art by taking the original drawing apart and putting it back together in a different form.
