Art Is How God Loves Us (the sacred beauty of created things)

Art is How God Loves Us is a radiant exploration of art as a spiritual gateway. In a personal book, the author (a trained oboist, writer and creative coach) beautifully illustrates how a spiritual perspective on art, guides us towards both our Creator and our most authentic selves.

When you hear beautiful music or stand before a work of art, have you ever felt a stirring within, a sense of something more?

That’s the premise of this book – through music, visual art and nature. Beauty and brokenness alike can become laces of divine connection. Whether standing before van Gogh’s olive trees or listening to Brahms in a moment of doub.

Art is not a measure of talent. But a way for God to speak, whether that’s through poetic language or a beautiful painting.

The book includes reflective exercise and a study guide. For anyone longing to reconnect with joy, beauty and Divine presence. And a call to live as God’s art in the world.

Dr Merideth Hite Estevez is a teacher and musician who holds workshops for others to find creative recovery. She has performed with top orchestras and holds two degrees in playing the oboe. She lives with her family (her husband is Rev.Dr. Edwin Estevez) in Michigan, USA.

Here is an excerpt from her poem Spark, which appears in the book:

It doesn’t interest me if you believe
in the God of my understanding or yours.
I want to know if you’ve stood weeping
before a painting,
if you’ve found the world of a novel more palatable
than this one.
I want to know if you’ve woken in the night
to the answer,
if rush of word or image or interval
doused the flames of overthinking
while you washed the dishes.