Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

by Andrew Peterson

Publisher:

B&H

, 2019

Overview

From the bestselling author of The Wingfeather Saga and award-winning musician and storyteller, Andrew Peterson.

Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, WORLD Magazine each named Adorning the Dark as one of their books of the year.

Making something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone.

Over the last twenty years, Andrew Peterson has performed thousands of concerts, published four novels, released ten albums, taught college and seminary classes on writing, founded a nonprofit ministry for Christians in the arts, and executive-produced a film—all in a belief that God calls us to proclaim the gospel and the coming kingdom using whatever gifts are at our disposal. He’s stumbled along the way, made mistake after mistake, and yet has continually encountered the grace of God through an encouraging family, a Christ-centered community of artists in the church, and the power of truth, beauty, and goodness in Scripture and the arts.

While there are many books about writing, none deal first-hand with the intersection of songwriting, storytelling, and vocation, along with nuts-and-bolts exploration of the great mystery of creativity. In Adorning the Dark, Andrew describes six principles for the writing life:

serving the work

serving the audience

selectivity

discernment

discipline

and community

Through stories from his own journey, Andrew shows how these principles are not merely helpful for writers and artists, but for anyone interested in imitating the way the Creator interacts with his creation.

This book is both a memoir of Andrew’s journey and a handbook for artists, written in the hope that his story will provide encouragement to others stumbling along in pursuit of a calling to adorn the dark with the light of Christ.

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Key Features

• Shows the intersection of songwriting, storytelling, and vocation.
• Describes serving the audience and discipline.
• Provides encouragement to those called to adorn the dark with the light of Christ.

Product Details

• Title: Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
• Author: Andrew Peterson
• Publisher: B&H
• Print Publication Date: 2019
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 224
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Creative writing; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Spiritual gifts
• ISBNs: 9781087790558, 9781535949033, 9781535949026, 1535949031, 1535949023, 1087790557
• Resource ID: LLS:9781535949033
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T21:13:52Z

About Andrew Peterson

Andrew Peterson is a recording artist, songwriter, producer, filmmaker, publisher and award-winning author of The Wingfeather Saga. He is also founder and president of The Rabbit Room, which has published thirty books to date and fosters community and spiritual formation through music, story and art. Recently launching the film and TV production company, Shining Isle Productions, to produce an animated film based on his bestselling books, his The Warden and the Wolf King (2014) won Children’s Book of the Year in 2015 from WORLD Magazine.