In 2009 I did a seminar at my old church, Epiphany Fellowship, on the topic of Beauty. I spent about nine months doing research, reading, talking, and thinking before offering it to the community. I then separated my overall talk into the series of blog posts you’ll see below. A year later, I updated the main manuscript with some expanded thoughts. Those blog posts represent the material before the update.
On this page you’ll find the audio from the talk and the updated manuscript,, as well as a special appendix I put together offering a complete breakdown of every word in both Greek and Hebrew that the English Standard Version of the Bible translates as “beauty” or “beautiful”, broken down by frequency. Along with those words (and all their forms), I’ve offered the most literal definition of each so you can easily see the huge range of meanings that the Biblical words for “beauty” carry. I hope it’s helpful. You don’t need any knowledge of Greek or Hebrew to understand it or get something from it.
Series Table of Contents
- Why do we long for Beauty?
- What is Beauty?
- What Things are Beautiful, and why are they Beautiful?
- How do we respond to this Beauty?
- Conclusion
Resources for this series:
[photo by David Schrott]
The Outline for the Entire Series:
- Why do we long for Beauty?
- What is Beauty?
- What Things are Beautiful, and why are they Beautiful?
- How do we respond to this Beauty?
- Conclusion
Resources for this series:
[photo by David Schrott]
the long way home 