How Art Can Draw Us Into God’s Presence

When my wife and I were choosing the music for when she would walk down the aisle at our wedding, we decided to use a portion of the main theme composed by Howard Shore for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. For us, the music captured—in ways that words could not—what we felt were themes of hope, beauty, creation, and joy. These were themes we wanted to celebrate through our wedding service. To this day, much to the amusement of my wife, I still get emotional when I hear the music. God’s desire for us is not only that we...