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The Big Picture magazine Issue 09: Craft – Part 2.

Gerard Manley Hopkins famously wrote that Christ plays in ten thousand places. Public Theology is of little use if it does not enter into that play in every area of life.

This issue of the magazine continues our exploration into the theme of Craft. It features a meditation on healthy and unhealthy craft in our editorial, The glory of the Ordinary; interviews with practitioners of the craft of woodworking and music; discussions of reading, writing, drawing, and art-making; essays on aspects of the work of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R Tolkien, and the films of Terrence Malick; and much more.

The Big Picture magazine aims to embody and express the myriad ways in which Christ plays in all of life: In people, in art, in places, in nature, in politics, in food, in music, in literature, in film, in sport, and in countless other places. Of course we are all different and we live in different countries and places, and thus the way in which Christ plays in our lives will be different. Unlike most magazines, which are authored for their communities, TBP is authored by our community. And so, we invite you to write for TBP. As you discover how Christ is playing in your life, your family, your city, your country, we invite you to contribute short pieces, poetry, music, art, photographs, etc. As we do this together we will see from our differences how a huge view of Christ emerges, and how he is at work in so many different ways.