The Kingdom Art Life Podcast: Recent Episodes
Marlita Hill
A faith and work podcast affirming Christian artists who don't make 'Christian art.' Artist and host, Marlita Hill, tackles the internal things Christians encounter while building their art careers in the marketplace.
Sometimes, especially as artists of faith, we can feel silly for being so consumed by our art when there is so much suffering, injustice, and chaos in the world. In this episode, I talk about the ministry of our presence—the power of who we are and what we carry to release God’s goodness into the world as we go about the everyday tasks of being an artist.
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As artists trying to do anything with or through our art, we can wrestle with the belief that we're missing something; that there's something we need that we don't have that's making it difficult to move forward or take the next step. In Episode 35, Marlita explores how incredibly thorough the Lord has been in setting us up to have, be, and do what He's showing us for our life in art in His kingdom. All we need is already inside of us!
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The phrase "integrating faith and art" puts our focus on trying to fix or change our faith or art instead of on us and our task to align ourselves with the spiritual reality that we are already whole and complete in Christ. In this episode, I challenge you to replace the question How do I integrate my faith and art with How do I navigate this Kingdom artist experience as a person already whole and complete in Christ?
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In Episode 33, Marlita challenges the idea that our creativity is valuable because if its usefulness and explores it as a gift from God given to His children to enjoy.
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In Episode 32, Marlita welcomes the Kingdom Art Life podcast community back and shares four aspects of her faith and art experience that drive this work to encourage artists to walk in wholeness, move in freedom, and work in harmony as they build their art career in collaboration with God.
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Episode 31 looks at how we build, live in, and navigate a Spirit-led art career.
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Episode 30 explores the decision each artist of faith has to make concerning who has the final say over our art careers; as well as the implications of our decision.
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Episode 29 challenges us to assess where our identity, as artists, is rooted and how it is being defined.
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Episode 28 explores our life as artists on the other side of a ‘yes,’ and looks at how we build an art life that honors that ‘yes.’
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Episode 27 dispels the wonky belief that our creative life is only interesting to God if it’s “useful,” by exploring art for our life, not just our Christian service.
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Episode 26 explores how our art careers in secular culture are valid, God-honoring ways we participate in Kingdom citizenship and community, make Christ known, and communicate the gospel.
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Episode 25 explores the unanswered question that hinders us from being able to walk unapologetically as an artist of serious professional pursuit and serious faith.
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Episode 24 explores what it looks like to stop apologizing for being a serious, committed Christian who works in secular culture, and a serious, committed artist whose art life is guided by their faith practice.
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Episode 23 explores what it looks like to invite God into the secret places of our creative life and let faith play its role in our creative practice and process, and career management.
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In episode 22, we explore what it looks like to take our creative life off the fringes and embrace it as an essential part of our faith experience.
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What do you do when you’re carrying a vision from God about your art career, and you move on things He tells you to do, but nothing happens? You have to keep doing. Keep pressing into your tipping point.
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We have talked about the inevitability of time in walking out God’s promise for our career life. In this episode, we talk about the inevitability of process, forming us to thrive in the promise as we receive it.
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As artists of faith, we sometimes get nervous when we realize we are enjoying our art too much. Why? In this episode, Marlita Hill explains how our artistry is for enjoyment, as well as service and communion.
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Perspective is not just about what you see, but how you see what you see. In this episode, Marlita Hill continues the conversation on patience and looks at how perspective helps us successfully navigate patience and fully come into the things God has promised us.
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As artists in Christ, we experience harmony when we honor the faith walk, our artistic expression, and our career life and ambition. Since the just are supposed to live by faith, we need to understand what being a career artist looks like inside the faith process. This episode explores patience as an element of faith.
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Harmony between faith, art, and career happens when all parts of you as an artist in Christ are honored and allowed full expression in the same space. Marlita unpacks this harmony and what it looks like.
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Sometimes it is hard for us, as Christians, to know how to address the differences we encounter among those around us who are not saved. Marlita shares her formula for tackling this issue in a way that respects freedom of choice, treats other with dignity and love, and allows us to maintain God’s standard.
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As career artists, we work among people of many different beliefs, lifestyles, attitudes, and perspectives. Marlita explores how we, as Christians, should interact with those around us that don’t live as we do.
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One of the most difficult parts of walking with God is waiting. Marlita speaks into the frustrations that come with waiting for God to bring a promise to manifestation.
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Hebrews 4:9 tells us that we should endeavor to enter God’s rest. But, grinding and hustling are part of being an artist. Marlita explores how these two ways of being work together by looking at what rest looks like as a Christian, when you’re on the career grind as an artist.
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As career artists, it is natural that we want success in the various areas of our art life. Though there’s nothing wrong with that, and though God will assist us in that desire, Marlita challenges us to think hard about why we want it.
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Part of harmony is about being Spirit -led in your career. Marlita poses the question each of us, who seek harmony, must answer: Do I believe that God’s way will get me where I want to go in my career?
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Saying yes to salvation is a simultaneous yes to co-laboring with God in His purposes for creation. Where does our career life fit in that? Marlita addresses the fear of what God might ask us to do, and how we may have to look if we allow God to use our career for His purposes.
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What does an all-in relationship with God look like? It starts with understanding that He did not call you to a career, calling, purpose, or church relationship. He called you to build a life with Him, in a relationship that permeates all areas of your life. Marlita looks at the all-in relationship and explores fears we have about what might happen to our career if we go all the way in.
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Harmony is about being of one mind with God. To do that, you have to know what kind of relationship He invited you into, what He invited you to do, and where your art career fits within that.
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Relationship is the starting point of harmony between faith, art, and career. The way we see our relationship with God impacts the way we see our life in art within that relationship. Marlita talks about relationship’s part in building harmony.
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Experiencing harmony between faith, art, and career requires trust. Marlita breaks down the dimensions of trust we have to have in God, and the things we have to trust about Him, before we are able to trust Him with our careers.
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Christian artist. Artist of faith. Artist who just happens to be Christian. What we call ourselves as Christians with “secular” art careers doesn’t really matter. But does it reveal something deeper about what we value, what we fear, and what we hope for?
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When we think about bringing our faith and art careers together, we experience a little trepidation because of what we think we have to change or give up. Marlita eases that fear by showing how God has us right where He wants us.
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Any art life can serve God and leave a Kingdom footprint in culture, no matter what we make art about, with whom we make it, or where we present it. Marlita explains how.
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Welcome to the Kingdom Art Life podcast. The faith and art conversation is large. Marlita Hill explains what makes this podcast different from other conversations on faith and art.
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