When Sorrow Becomes a Place of Fellowship, with Grace Carol Bomer

Rooted & Rising: Flourishing Leadership in Tough TimesArt as Witness: Grace Carol Bomer on Suffering, Paradox, and HopeWhat if making art is an act of both resistance and reverence?In this luminous and layered episode of Flourishing Leadership in Tough Times, host Deborah Owen sits down with Grace Carol Bomer—a visual artist whose textured, theologically rich mixed-media work grapples with the ache of a broken world and the beauty of God’s redemptive story.Together they explore:✅ Why art is an act of faith—and of seeing the unseen✅ How paradox and pain give shape to deeper hope✅ The artist’s vocation as both witness and truth-teller✅ The quiet resistance of making beauty in a disordered world✅ How Scripture, suffering, and silence shape a life of creative prayerWith depth and honesty, Grace shares how her life and work are anchored in the “already and not yet”—where longing and the love of God meet, where art becomes a way of wrestling, and where God’s presence emerges through shadow and light.🎧 Tune in now to discover how faithful artistry can help us name the pain of the world, bear witness to grace, and live more fully into hope.🖼 Resources & Next Steps:– Learn more about Grace’s art and writing at: https://gracecarolbomer.com/–Explore the Rooted & Rising series at: https://debbieowen.substack.com/–Reflect this week: Where might God be inviting you to pay attention—to beauty, to brokenness, or to the holy paradoxes in your own life?====HERE ARE THE NEURO-BASED ENNEAGRAM BOOKS mentioned in the middle of the episode:The Lent books.The Advent books.====Tags: art, theology, suffering, paradox, Christian creativity, beauty, hope, Grace Carol Bomer, Deborah Owen, visual art, spiritual formation, lament, flourishing in hard times, witness, faith and art, podcast Get full access to Rooted & Rising at debbieowen.substack.com/subscribe