The Regent Vine
Welcome to The Vine, a publication of Regent College.
We’re delighted to share ideas and perspectives from a wide range of people within and beyond Regent’s circles. In articles and interviews, podcasts and videos, you’ll hear authentic voices speaking from experience and expertise about ideas that matter to our community and yours.
Join us for conversations that inform, challenge, and inspire.
The Regent Vine
Welcome to The Vine, a publication of Regent College.
We’re delighted to share ideas and perspectives from a wide range of people within and beyond Regent’s circles. In articles and interviews, podcasts and videos, you’ll hear authentic voices speaking from experience and expertise about ideas that matter to our community and yours.
Join us for conversations that inform, challenge, and inspire.
The Regent Vine
Welcome to The Vine, a publication of Regent College. Join us for conversations that inform, challenge, and inspire.
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Nov 10, 2026
Bible
Whose Bible, Which Language? Tyndale’s Vernacular Project and the Church Today
Marking the 500th anniversary of William Tyndale’s English New Testament, this article explores his enduring vision of making Scripture accessible to all. It considers who has authority over Bible translation, the value of inherited language, and whether any one language holds a privileged place in divine revelation, arguing that God’s Word is meant to be understood and proclaimed in the languages of all peoples.
All Resources: Arts
Oct 30, 2026
Video | The Seventh Seal: Kierkegaard's Knight of Faith
This video essay places Ingmar Bergman’s classic film, The Seventh Seal, under a Kierkegaardian lens. In doing so, it suggests that a person’s confrontations with death and religious doubt constitute the very conditions under which they might exercise faith in a world seemingly devoid of God.
Oct 16, 2026
Poetry | Bird Feeder
Now the sunflowers
are summer’s
skeleton, rattling
their poverty...
Oct 9, 2026
Podcast | Reclaiming Indigenous Identity in a Colonized World
In this interview, we learn from our neighbour and Indigenous elder, artist, and chef, Melaney Gleeson-Lyall. Melaney shares her story and reflects on bringing Indigenous history, culture, and spirituality into conversation with Christian faith. She discusses the Kairos Blanket Exercise and the power of storytelling through art and food to foster intercultural understanding. In this time of truth and reconciliation.
Oct 5, 2026
Creation in Times of Destruction | Wendell Berry’s “A Vision,” with Side Quests in Middle-Earth
Drawing on Wendell Berry’s “A Vision,” this article explores how literature can shape a theological vision of creation, climate change, and hope. Through reflections on writers including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Richard Powers, it considers how stories can help us imagine creation not simply as something to preserve, but as a sacramental gift that calls us toward faithful care.
Sep 11, 2026
Podcast | To Set the World Aflame: How Artists Bear Witness to the Fullness of God's Creation
What does it mean to make art as a Christian? Regent graduate David Taylor explores the deep connections between art, theology, and vocation, reflecting on belovedness, the work of the Holy Spirit, creative community, and the missional purpose of art. In a world on fire, could making art be a way of making home and pointing us toward a truer story?
Sep 4, 2026
Poetry | Array Your Emptiness
Marriage to a prophet's son ensured
no want of household words,
though on another's dime...
Aug 28, 2026
Poetry | Acreage
April late the harrowing and sowing;
by the belly of June the sandhill
cranes arrived. Biking down...
Aug 21, 2026
Poetry | Naming
With each step, we flatten a new leaf:
the striped maple, tulip poplar,
fat three-fingered sassafras...
Aug 4, 2026
Video | The Greatest Poem Ever Told: Rethinking Holy Scripture as the Poetry of God
The Bible is often called one grand story. But what if that isn't its primary literary form? This lecture invites us to reconsider how we read Scripture and discover how its poetic character can deepen our encounter with God's Word.
Jul 30, 2026
On the Art of Loading Brush
Inspired by the writings of Wendell Berry and shaped by firsthand experiences in sustainable farming, this image gallery reflects on humanity's relationship with the land, the dignity of manual labor, and our calling to steward creation. Through a series of paintings, the artist explores how practices such as farming, pruning, and caring for the earth reveal God's order, creativity, and faithfulness, inviting us to recover a deeper attentiveness to the Creator and the world entrusted to our care.
Jun 10, 2026
Children, Books, and Being Human
This article explores how stories shape the moral and spiritual imagination of children and adults alike. Drawing from both Scripture and literature, it reflects on storytelling as a formative force that nurtures empathy, faith, wonder, and our understanding of what it means to be human.
Jun 6, 2026
Podcast | Imagination and Spiritual Formation
How does the imagination shape our life with God? In this conversation, Lanta Davis discusses the formative power of stories, symbols, art, and images, exploring how they influence faith, identity, and spiritual growth. From saints' lives and medieval bestiaries to practical habits of reading and seeing, Davis invites listeners to rediscover the imagination as an essential part of Christian formation.
May 25, 2026
Video | Supernatural Light: Navigating Science, Doubt & Faith Through Poetry
In this lecture, Adrea Johnson explores how 17th-century Christians navigated a world shaped by scientific discovery and spiritual uncertainty. Drawing on their poetry, she reflects on the relationship between cosmology, scientific inquiry, and devotion to God.
May 7, 2026
Podcast | The Mysterious Manner of Flannery O'Connor
In this conversation, Karen Swallow Prior explores the fiction of Flannery O'Connor, reflecting on themes of grace, suffering, satire, race, and the enduring relevance of O’Connor’s haunting vision of the American South. Together, they consider the role of Christian imagination in literature and why O’Connor’s stories continue to challenge and unsettle readers today.
Apr 30, 2026
Clothed in Glory: Learning to Embody Christ
Artist and Regent grad Freeman Lam explores embodying Christ through hand-sewn garments that reflect cultural identity, suffering, and spiritual encounter. His collaborative, tactile approach invites reflection on faith, community, and how Christ shapes our lived experiences.
Apr 28, 2026
Angels and Beasts: A Theological Approach to Animal Imagery in the Book of Kells
This article explores the animal imagery of the Book of Kells as a window into Celtic Christian theology, showing how creatures symbolized Christ, new creation, and the harmony between heaven, earth, and all living things.
Apr 3, 2026
Poetry: The Seven Words
This poetic meditation reflects on Jesus' seven last words from the cross, exploring themes of forgiveness, promise, abandonment, care, longing, completion, and surrender. Each word is a revelation of divine love, suffering, and hope, culminating in rest and the promise of resurrection.
Feb 18, 2026
Shall These Bones Live? The Ash Wednesday Promise of Art
Drawing on Ezekiel’s vision of dry bones and T. S. Eliot’s "Ash Wednesday," this reflection explores how art, liturgy, and Christian imagination confront despair while bearing witness to creatureliness, repentance, and hope in a fractured cultural landscape.
Feb 12, 2026
Sport: Idolatry or the Image of God … or Both?
A theologian reflects on a life shaped by competitive sport, exploring its beauty, communal joy, and formative power—while also confronting its temptations toward idolatry, pride, and misplaced identity—in light of creation, the image of God, and the hope of Christ’s kingdom.
Jan 30, 2026
Podcast | The Saint John's Bible Heritage Edition at Regent and Beyond
The Saint John’s Bible is a handcrafted work of sacred art and Scripture, featuring over 160 illuminations. This conversation explores its history, craftsmanship, community engagement, and how artful, communal reading invites a slower, deeper encounter with Scripture.
Jan 19, 2026
A Slightly Useful Way: Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead and a Homiletic of Epistemic Humility
Drawing on Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead, this essay explores how preaching shaped by epistemic humility—embracing mystery, complexity, and grace—can speak more faithfully and credibly to a skeptical age.
Jan 13, 2026
Poetry: A Note to Doomsday Calculators
The Lord suggests we not predict the day and the hour,
but as you persist in this, at least remember: First,
it’s not the doom of a cosmic detonation so much as...
Jan 12, 2026
Community: Malcolm Guite's Tribute to Luci Shaw
Malcolm Guite remembers Luci Shaw, a poet whose Christian faith shone clearly through her work.
Dec 25, 2025
The Twelve Days of Christmas
A twelve-part poetic meditation on Christmas and Epiphany, Eugene H. Peterson traces the gospel story from root to offering—light, waiting, conflict, joy, and gift—inviting readers to inhabit the mystery of Christ’s coming with wonder, honesty, and praise.
Nov 6, 2025
Video: Imagining the Kingdom: Parable, Poetry & Gospel
Jesus engages our imagination through parables, paradoxes, and miracles, revealing truths beyond reason alone. The gospel is not “imaginary”; it is so real that our baptized imagination becomes a vital faculty for understanding and apprehending the depths of Christ’s Kingdom.
Oct 31, 2025
The Horror of Hearing Without Listening
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s experimental soundtrack invites theological reflection on the act of listening. Jeremy Hunt argues that engaging with unsettling sounds can retrain us to listen deeply—cultivating empathy, attention, and presence in a noisy, distracted world.
Oct 27, 2025
Re-Imagining Imagination Through a Photographic Lens
A photographer reflects on two images of the same scene—one spontaneous, one staged—to explore how imagination works not by control but by receptivity. True seeing, he argues, is about allowing the world and the Spirit to speak, cultivating attention that opens us to truth, beauty, and love.
Oct 24, 2025
Poetry: After the Alarm
I woke to early autumn air, a cold pool
upon which I float in my four-poster bed. . . .
Oct 22, 2025
Rediscovering Childlike Wonder: The Profound Allegory of "The Little Prince"
An analysis of The Little Prince, exploring its themes of childlike wonder, love, ego, and spiritual transformation through humility and imagination.
Oct 21, 2025
Video: Judith Wolfe on Eschatology and Christian Hope | Walk & Talk
A conversation tracing the development of Christian eschatology from New Testament hope to institutional doctrine, touching on art and philosophy as expressed by figures such as Dante and C.S. Lewis. Philosophical theologian Judith Wolfe reminds us that eschatology explores what is ultimately true for individuals and the world.
Oct 14, 2025
Audio: The Man from Narnia
J.I. Packer reflects on C.S. Lewis’s life, imagination, and faith, exploring how his experiences shaped The Chronicles of Narnia and how the dynamic between author, reader, and story invites us into deeper understanding and wonder.
Oct 3, 2025
A Faithful Presence at the Intersection of Faith, Fashion & Academia
Fashion meets faith in Fiona Dieffenbacher’s journey—exploring embodiment, identity, and the soul through style, Scripture, and scholarship.
Sep 29, 2025
The Saint John’s Bible Heritage Edition at Regent College: Ancient Art for the Modern Era
In this piece, The Saint Johns Bible Heritage Program shares the story behind a remarkable work of art, biblical interpretation, and creative engagement with Christian tradition.
Sep 26, 2025
Poetry: You’ve Made Your Bed
A poetic lens on Isaiah 28 reveals pride, fear, and the nearness of God's true rest.
Sep 25, 2025
Video: Joy Marie Clarkson on Popular Culture and Faith | Walk & Talk
An interview on how art, literature, and metaphor shape spiritual formation. Clarkson explores how engagement with popular and classical works deepens moral imagination, reorients our view of death, and cultivates attention, empathy, and hope.
Sep 16, 2025
Will There Be AI Zombie Songs in Heaven?
Human creativity reflects divine design and personal growth; unlike AI-generated art, true art stems from soul, struggle, and transformation.
Sep 16, 2025
Video: Art, Conflict and Healing: Case Studies from Northern Ireland, China and Ukraine
This lecture explores contemporary artists—Bogside Artists, Ai Weiwei, and Ukrainian creators—whose powerful works respond to conflict and oppression.
Sep 16, 2025
Poetry: Genesis
Rainbows are rare here because they require both rain
and a low-angled, unobscured sun...
Sep 16, 2025
The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art
Religion has shaped modern art, yet art history often ignores it. This article urges deeper study of theology’s hidden role in contemporary art.
Sep 16, 2025
The New Jerusalem
A multicultural tapestry reimagines the New Jerusalem as a familiar, earthly city where God's Spirit weaves together diverse cultures in sacred unity.
Sep 16, 2025
"Music for the Brain and Booty"
Snarky Puppy’s music blends groove, intellect, and community, resisting reductionist views of humanity. Rooted in gospel, it unites body and spirit, revealing transcendence through deep human experience and offering a vision of the image of God made whole.
Sep 16, 2025
Stanley’s “Holy Box”
Stanley Spencer’s “holy box”—the Sandham Memorial Chapel—honours WWI soldiers with art that blends the sacred and the everyday. His vivid Resurrection paintings portray embodied, joyful renewal—revealing hope, holiness, and divine presence in ordinary life and human suffering.