W. David O. Taylor, former arts pastor of Hope Chapel in Austin, Texas, and current Ph.D. student at Duke Divinity School, spoke last month to the Chicago Partnership for Church Planting about the place of the arts in church planting. Aaron Youngren, lead pastor for The Line, interviewed Taylor for The Gospel Coalition. Here Taylor offers several recommendations for books and films that help Christians develop an understanding of and passion for the arts.
Taylor, who blogs at Diary of an Arts Pastor, is a contributor to and editor of For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts. Other contributors to the book include Eugene Peterson, Lauren Winner, John Witvliet, Jeremy Begbie, Andy Crouch, and Barbara Nicolosi. Check back later this week for Taylor’s take on exciting artistic developments in the church and learn what awakened his artistic ache.
