Makoto Fujimura @iamfujimura Twitter profile

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1 year

Our last photo together. I gifted Tim with a small painting when he was diagnosed, so he can rest his eyes on beauty. He and Kathy commissioned me to do two more the same size (for their children - they said). He is in New Creation now. ⁦ @HaejinMako ⁩ ⁦ @timkellernyc ⁩

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What’s @timkellernyc holding, in his rejuvenated arms with his dear wife Kathy? @HaejinMako visited them yesterday to drop off two paintings. “Colossians” (shown) and Ephesians. #artandhealing #culturecare #artandfaith #artasprayer #nihonga

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Makoto Fujimura

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This is the “Prodigal God” small painting I gave to Tim when he was diagnosed…May the golden vista be crossed, and the cloud (oyster shell) of angels wings surround him now. ⁦The verses are from Luke 15 Prodigal story. ⁦ @timkellernyc ⁩ ⁦ @RedeemerCTC ⁩

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Makoto Fujimura

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Yes, this is from Japan. Christianity is very much (hidden) part of Japanese culture.

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Prayer, by Takehisa Yumeji, 1909 #nihonga

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Here we are. We laughed, wept, prayed and praised at St Patrick’s (with Cardinal Dolan present). Grateful for @timkellernyc and his family for our continued journey to love the city. Tim designed the whole worship service! @RedeemerCTC

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@BeschlossDC Just tweeted: Can you imagine the former President introducing Mr @JDVance in the same level of honor, humor, dignity and warm respect that @VP is doing right now to introduce @Tim_Walz in Philly? This #undecided #culturecare voter is moved.

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Our private meeting w/ @Pontifex today. Presented him w/ #kintsugi box designed by me w/ a fractured Korean bowl mended in Japan. Also @crossway illumined Bible, & “Art+Faith” @yalepress as a sign of reconciliation. @AcademyKintsugi @iamculturecare @EmbersInternat1 @yalepress

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Makoto Fujimura

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2 years

In the studio. Jesus wept.

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Makoto Fujimura

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7 years

@museumofBible is an absolute Triumph! A must see stop for your holiday season. Make sure you plan for more than a day...

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Makoto Fujimura

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9 months

This is what J.R.R. Tolkien reimagined from his own traumatic experiences in the trenches of Somme.

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9 months

sam's speech in the two towers gets me every time, without fail

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Makoto Fujimura

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7 years

I am retweeting this again. The worth of every human being is beyond calculation.

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7 years

How a girl with Down syndrome grew up to become one of Japan's top calligraphy artists.

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Makoto Fujimura

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3 months

Dear Wormwood We managed a frenzy of attention from “The Last Supper” (a painting I despise and I refuse to understand) controversy during the Olympics. Well done. You incited, as planned, many so called “Christians” who think their “faith” is all about being offended by the

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Makoto Fujimura

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2 years

No one “wins” in #culturewar mindset - because in order to “win” we demonize “the other”, and thereby poison the very soil of culture we stand on. #culturecare tends to that soil by cultivating &, at the same time, to do the hard work of removing the hardened rocks of injustice.

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Makoto Fujimura

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My grandmother was killed in a bomb bunker in Tokyo bombings. My father, by far the most physically weak of the siblings, survived because he could not enlist (and he was also in high school but many of his friends still enlisted and died). I am here, an artist, because my

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Makoto Fujimura

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3 years

Japanese Twitter is full of stunningly #Beautiful photos

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3 years

Mount Fuji ~ © Kai Yhun 𝘝𝘪𝘢 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮

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About to head to UK Parliament to deliver “Beauty, Goodness and Kintsugi” message. Please pray for me. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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Makoto Fujimura

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Being on the Session (Elders Board) in the nineties and at @RedeemerCTC I had the front row seat to see how @timkellernyc worked (we also shared our @BucknellU heritage). As my dear mentor and friend, I have come to appreciate his mind, courage and heart. I miss him daily. One

Joel Berry

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3 months

After 30 years of pastoring in Manhattan, black babies in Tim Keller's city were more likely to be aborted than born. He ignored these tiny victims while courting and pandering to the people who were championing their deaths. I love Keller, but his "redeem the city" model failed.

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Makoto Fujimura

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I boarded my flight to Shanghai and realized this connection to this museum (through my rep in Taipei) came indirectly through @timkellernyc City to City network. When I landed, Tim had passed. Many of us, even artists, would not be who we are without Tim’s presence in NYC. My

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My mentor @timkellernyc comforted me once after a major debacle I allowed in leadership of an arts group: “you failed because you are an optimist. That proves that you are a good leader. Good leaders always fall on the side of optimism.” 🙃

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4 months

the pessimist risks the least disappointment.

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Makoto Fujimura

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3 months

Several days ago, I emailed (through a Screwtape letter to Wormwood :)) in response to the Olympics Opening Ceremony debacle. Christians expressed how deeply offended we were. French culture and artists have been prone to clear anti-religious bias over the years. It’s a country

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Makoto Fujimura

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Why I do not like these: 1) the artist, like van Gogh, creates paintings by first accepting the limitation of two dimensional space, invoking the transcendent in the limitations, and what paint can and cannot do - this is the essence of what art is. “The Medium is the Message”

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Van Gogh's paintings can come to life thanks to AI.

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Makoto Fujimura

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2 months

One of the most spiritually charged paintings of our time.

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Andrew Wyeth, “Wind From The Sea,” 1947

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Makoto Fujimura

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4 years

Did you know that Taiwan has total death number of COVID -19 as “7”? Yes, that’s SEVEN. Yes, early containment and mask wearing can have a huge impact. BTW, Japan just reached a 1000 and they consider that to be a huge failure. 🤔

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Makoto Fujimura

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7 years

Artists can be peacemakers who create into the "eye of the storm", denouncing, loving, creating out of chaos a song that we can all sing.

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Makoto Fujimura

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2 months

It’s time that we acknowledge that being “Pro-Life” means we celebrate in the way this young man can exuberantly and freely - to say “that’s my dad!” and to celebrate ALL of life. It was quite a moment for me.

Brian Krassenstein

@krassenstein

2 months

The people attacking or making fun of 17-year-old Gus Walz just don’t understand what JOY and LOVE are all about. They wish they had someone who cared as much about them as Gus does his dad. Gus has a non verbal learning disability. He is neurodivergent and has ADHD. He is

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Makoto Fujimura

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5 years

At the small chapel where C.S. Lewis spent much time confessing and praying. These doors seem rather Narnia-like to me.

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Makoto Fujimura

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2 months

How do we “hear” God. Boy, do we miss @timkellernyc … 👂

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2 months

Tim Keller answers the question: how do you hear from God?

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Makoto Fujimura

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4 years

Imaginative conservatism: pro (all of) life for soldiers, disabled, mothers, immigrants, the poor, the unborn; long term cultural stewardship; economics of mutuality; unobtrusive government for the people; creation care to conserve (-atism) the earth.

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Makoto Fujimura

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9 months

Great men of God, such as your father and @timkellernyc knew that their politics cannot be an instrument to divide, but they are to focus on their call as evangelists, to focus on God, to be instruments of peace. They focused on bringing the Good News to ALL people despite

Franklin Graham

@Franklin_Graham

9 months

Simply put, Democrats are using the system & changing the law to go after Pres. @realDonaldTrump . They hate this man so much & will try ANYTHING to get to keep him out of office. President Trump is right about the trial when he said, “This is not America.”

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Makoto Fujimura

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4 years

Senator @MittRomney thank you for your courage under fire. No, you are not a “traitor” as many said as you flew coach from Salt Lake to DC. You are a true leader.

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Makoto Fujimura

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I’ve heard @timkellernyc make this point many times. “How much of the gospel do you think you understand?” once he asked a room full of pastors. Many confided in me afterwards that they would have said “90 some percent?” being a pastor (you kinda have to…right?) Tim said “I

Timothy Keller (1950-2023)

@timkellernyc

3 months

The problem Christians and non-Christians both have: we think we really know what Christianity is about.

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Makoto Fujimura

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7 months

My name means “Wisteria (Fuji) Village (Mura)”

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150 year old wisteria tree in Japan 📸godive2000

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8 years

We woke up to a new era this morning. Let's consider care of the "other" and stand with the oppressed, powerless and exiled.

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Makoto Fujimura

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3 years

Wow…whaaat?!?

Erik Solheim

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3 years

The Japanese 🇯🇵 Puffer Fish is probably nature's greatest artist 🐟 To grab a female’s attention he creates something that defies belief 😲

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9 months

I stated in 2016 that “Trump is like Godzilla that emerges out of fumes of culture wars nuclear devastation…he will destroy everything and anyone in the way”. (Some of my conservative friends got very upset with me then.) We, Christians, (should) know that he is not really the

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1 year

This is true faith. Congrats to @CocoGauff !

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1 year

. @CocoGauff took a moment to soak it all in after winning her first Grand Slam title ❤️

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1 year

Standing next to a profound painting, at @metmuseum Van Gogh’s Cypress painting @iamculturecare

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Makoto Fujimura

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1 year

My art to illumine a memorial bulletin for ⁦ @timkellernyc ⁩ tomorrow. “Prodigal God - Luke” for ⁦ @crossway ⁩ Four Holy Gospels. Tim preached that the true “Prodigal” (giving away excessively) was God the Father. Live streamed. ⁦⁦ @RedeemerCTC ⁩ @BucknellU ⁩

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Makoto Fujimura

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6 years

We need not just spiritual formation; we need imagination formation - the training and development of our sanctified imagination

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Makoto Fujimura

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6 months

I am still pondering about my stirring conversation with ⁦ @BethMooreLPM ⁩ yesterday. I felt like we were two children of God, little artists, brimming with joy at the foot of the Greatest Artist. Our hearts were burning. Photo by ⁦ @HaejinMako ⁩ ⁦ @stephenproctor ⁩

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Makoto Fujimura

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2 years

Let’s slow down and actually read the books we are endorsing, watch the movies we are critiquing and not comment or report without doing due diligence. I have a quota on my endorsements (sorry to those good works I could not endorse!) so that I can read and digest the work.

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Makoto Fujimura

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11 years

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis winning the #GRAMMYs without a record label is a significant cultural moment...

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Makoto Fujimura

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2 years

RIP Frederick Buechner (July 11, 1926 – August 15, 2022) “Sometimes this star is still. Sometimes she dances”

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Makoto Fujimura

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1 year

Boy. What a beautiful open.

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Auroras remind us of thresholds of heaven and earth meeting. We are connected by electromagnetic beauty all over the world tonight. This taken tonight in Princeton, NJ.

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Makoto Fujimura

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1 year

My name means “Wisteria Village” :)

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1 year

White Japanese Wisteria Vines.

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2 years

The Nagasaki atomic explosion took more Christians (had a special commemorative service that day) in a single moment than the numbers recorded of martyrs in 250 years of pernicious persecution. #silence

Catholicism in East Asia

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2 years

The original Urakami Cathedral was destroyed by the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Here are some photographs of Mass being conducted on the ruins, before the structure was rebuilt.

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1 year

As I’ve been saying… a sunrise somewhere is a sunset elsewhere. #beautymatters

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8 years

"Michelle, you have been not only my wife but my best friend" could the Obamas be the most visible sign of marital integrity in America?

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6 years

People tell me that they don’t get abstract art. My answer “don’t you enjoy fireworks?” Enjoy the pyrotechnical abstraction in the sky today!

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Yes. And the bard joined us (with a pint) for dinner for (what turned out to be) our (annual?) Emily Dickinson fellowship. Here’s his poem about her square 17.5x17.5 inch desk. @iamculturecare @malcolmguite @HaejinMako @HopewordsC

Beth Moore

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I’m sorry y’all are all jealous of me tonight. There’s only one @malcolmguite on God’s green earth. His message at this gathering was mesmerizing.

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On this 76th year from the Atomic destruction of Nagasaki, it is appropriate to consider what stands at the detonation point: a melted church. A Mass took place as the bomb detonated, killing more faithful than those martyred in 250 yrs of persecution. #SilenceandBeauty @ivpress

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Makoto Fujimura

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3 months

Right now, especially, we need to steward our imagination well. Remember that “Consider the lilies” (Matthew 6) is a gentle command by our Shepherd to refocus from our anxieties and fears. It may sound strange but it’s important to reframe our viewpoints to begin to imagine the

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2 years

So much pain tonight. All over the world. To even say “my prayers are with you” seem insufficient. Perhaps being faithful in the presence of pain is the only path.

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I have successfully trained my X algorithm to look for sunsets and sunrises. Now my feed is full of them. If you look for the sublime in the world, your mind will be full of them. If you sow discord and divisions, algorithm will help that as well. @iamculturecare

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3 years

He is Risen! Moon over Fuji Farm on Easter morning.

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“Jesus wept.” Two words that keep me associating myself with the church. Two words that identify me as a follower of Christ. I paint with Jesus’ tears.

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I might leave Christianity if I had found anything else half as wonderful as Jesus Christ. I might leave the Church if I could survive this life without its consolations. I might, but I won’t, because I am far too captured by the beauty, the majesty, the hope that is Christ.

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Makoto Fujimura

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Dante, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.D. Salinger, C.S.Lewis… all “wrote poetry” while fighting in wars. In fact, it will be inconceivable to speak of literature without warrior poets. #CultureCare path endures, #CultureWars rhetoric will make one say things that “shoot yourself in the foot”

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A warrior poet is a stronger man than a dumbass former coach

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If you are an artist and looking for patronage, my advice: start by being a patron yourself. Buy other artists works, be generous with your time, and learn and model what it is to care for culture first. You do not have to be wealthy to be a patron.

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Makoto Fujimura

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7 years

There is absolutely no reason why any citizens need to have access to automatic weapons. We do not allow chemical weapons or nuclear weapons for citizens to protect themselves. We do not shoot deers with automatic weapons, only humans get shot with automatic weapons.

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Makoto Fujimura

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2 years

@Cam_Olsen Actually, I had the privilege of meeting Sean in a dinner in MA once. Everything you imagine him to be, from his characters, he is.

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Makoto Fujimura

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1 year

One of the hardest thing for me in @timkellernyc ’s last days were, watching him handle incredibly unkind comments from ignorance and false “revisionist” takes (as Mike well articulates here), knowing how sick he was. What surprised me even more was Tim’s gracious and kind

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Makoto Fujimura

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2 years

In our 25 min private meeting with @Pontifex , he kept of encouraging us ( @HaejinMako and @SrDorcee and Sr Tina). “You are the creators of the good and the beautiful…keep going. Do not stray, no matter what the world says”. I pass this charge to many artists. Flowing tears.

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1 year

This day, we should remember that Hemingway, Salinger, Tolkien, Lewis, Solzhenitsyn…(you can add to this list) were all traumatized by atrocities of wars and consequences of violence. It will be hard to create a list of cultural makers who created enduring art without those who

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5 years

This was one of my mother’s favorite plates that she left behind when she went to a nursing home. Now after her passing this year, my assistant found the fragments in my studio. @6jigen mended it for me on All Saints Wkend at @AllSaintsPton where she rests. #Godmends #kintsugi

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Twitter/X is not a good platform to decipher truth or lies. So I will keep posting beautiful and good things. @AcademyKintsugi @iamculturecare

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Good bye Mom. Thank you for fostering my call to be an artist and encouraging me. I wanted to use the best materials (oystershell, malachite, platinum and Gold) to wrap you in God's Wings…

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Yes...it's official. My next book, "Theology of Making" (tentative title) will come out of @yalepress . Look forward to do the final edits with Jennifer with a foreword by N.T. Wright, to whom I owe the debt of theological gratitude. Will keep you updated on the release date.

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I cannot imagine their Ash Wednesday service in Ukraine today, but we need to join them in spirit. #PrayForUkraine

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8 years

"Silence" reviews in Japan universally positive. So much for the "colonialism" concerns for the Japanese; Endo and Scorsese creating a buzz

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"When a leader models self-absorbed, self-exalting boastfulness, he models the most deadly behavior in the world. He points his nation to destruction. Destruction of more kinds than we can imagine." Wow...from @JohnPiper

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From @JohnPiper : “Is it not baffling, then, that so many Christians seem to be sure that they are saving human lives and freedoms by treating as minimal the destructive effects of the spreading gangrene of high-profile, high-handed, culture-shaping sin?”

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This is so true. I was there! Imagine being a follower of Christ in the art world! Redeemer was a island of hope in the sea of turmoil. Thanks to Tim, we had a place to intellectually serve, and I wanted to create a place to serve aesthetically. @firstthingsmag

Timothy Keller (1950-2023)

@timkellernyc

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Respectfully, when we began Redeemer in 1989 we experienced great hostility. We were thrown out of facilities for our faith. We were mocked in the press. Anyone who thinks Manhattan culture was then "neutral" toward evangelical Christianity is mistaken.

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Remembering my mom, who encouraged me as an educator to be an artist, and who I am today. @iamculturecare

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Art, to me, has always been a work of prayer. Art can evoke what our souls long for, and re-member into the New.

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2 months

Agreed.

Skyler Johnson

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2 months

Gus Walz’s reaction last night doesn’t need justification. It doesn’t matter if he’s neurodivergent. Men can cry. Men can show emotion. His reaction to his father’s speech was absolutely beautiful. 💙

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I’ve heard Tim say this and preach this many times. But my heart needs to hear it over and over. #grateful

Timothy Keller (1950-2023)

@timkellernyc

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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

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No one “wins” culture war, because you “win” by poisoning the very soil of culture we have been given stewardship to love and care for. If in order to “win” we project hatred, scapegoat and create enemies, rather than to love even our “enemies”, we have to question the whole

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Driscoll saying a stay at home Dad is worse than a non-believer is a diagnostic take. He isn't concerned with faith, he's focused on culture war. The damage he and his kind have done is hard to measure.

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On this Labor Day, I started my “150” series of paintings - 150 minimalistic black and/or white paintings to meditate on the Psalms. I expect to take at least 3 years to journey through. It took me several hours to just prep an 100 year old sumi ink to start the 1st painting.

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7 years

Poets and Artists, be courageous now, to name, to disclose, to confront the evil among us all today. Transgress in love.

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4 years

Yes, ⁦ @amazon ⁩ I think I’d like this book!

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1 year

Yes. Tim introduced me to Niggle as well. 🍁

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1 year

Tim Keller, on our hope at the point of death. (From: )

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Let’s remember these true persecuted faithful this day of worship.

Rev. Johnnie Moore ن

@JohnnieM

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Nigerian Christians are made of steel. Islamists burned down their church. They showed up to worship in the burnt building.

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I’ve been sharing this all morning but it’s worth tweeting again. I’ve always wondered why there are but a few comedians who grew up in the church, as Biblical assurance allows for more humor, not less. #theologyofmaking #theologyofhumor

The Late Late Show with James Corden

@latelateshow

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James Corden asked his dad Malcolm, a Christian book salesman, to share some Bible-holding pointers with President Trump.

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Makoto Fujimura

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This is a true pastor/shepherd.

Father Jim Sichko

@JimSichko

9 months

A beautiful gesture of acceptance and love...💞 A girl with Down syndrome, got up during a papal talk, and went toward the Pope. The security men quickly moved in to take her back to her mother. The Pope stopped everyone and said to the girl, "come sit next to me.” The girl

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Makoto Fujimura

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Just received a visionary foreword from theologian Bishop N.T. Wright for my upcoming release from @yalepress “Art and Faith: Theology of Making” that made me weep. I showed it to one of my Fellows artist and she wept, too. @jenniferabanks #lent #jesuswept @ntwrightonline

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Yes. He helped me to form my “Culture Care” thesis (rather than Culture Wars).Jer 29 @iamculturecare

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@iamfujimura

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My point in “Silence and Beauty” @ivpress is that Japan is not a pagan nation but a “hidden Christian” culture. Where else would Bach be so honored and admired (and played on the giant xylophone)? @AcademyKintsugi

Massimo

@Rainmaker1973

8 months

In 2011, Japanese telecom company Docomo created one of the most beautiful adverts we've ever seen. A giant xylophone in Kyushu playing Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" with a wooden ball rolling down its keys.

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I’ve had so many conversation with “transgressive” artists who turned out to be telling the truth about their abuse experiences. Many were ignored, sanctioned, scorned, exiled from their communities. May she finally rest in peace, to see beyond the far vista that her alarmingly

Tara Dublin, Rock Star Author & Kamala Voter 🪷

@taradublinrocks

1 year

The last concert I saw before the pandemic shut everything down in 2020 was Sinead O’Connor @CrystalPortland & she was so amazing live Her voice was still astonishing & she talked about her mental health struggles & I hope she’s finally at peace ♥️

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Who can say that the Arts are not necessary now?

Rex Chapman🏇🏼

@RexChapman

5 years

During the quarantine, a pianist in Barcelona went to his balcony to play “My Heart Will Go On” for his neighborhood. After he started, a sax player in the building next door joined him. I’m here for all of this...🌎❤️

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Japanese Twitter is full of amazing videos. This person creates rice balls (onigiri), takes a photo and then, of course, eats them. Enjoy Johann Sebastian Bach!

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Makoto Fujimura

@iamfujimura

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@mellentuck -and thanked God in one of the most authentic public statement of faith we have seen in a long time. @HaejinMako were in tears.

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Makoto Fujimura

@iamfujimura

2 years

A grieving mother drove over 11 hrs to see my exhibit at @berrycollege Martha Berry Museum. She stood in front of my paintings and wept for a young son she lost only a week back. Art is a portal into the New, and I am grateful and humbled by these moments. @iamculturecare

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This is important. Both sides vetted these jurors and selected them for their impartiality. The defense only needed one person for a “hang jury” verdict. That’s what we expected. As it turned out, jurors were true New Yorkers representing the diverse, courageous voices that I

Stan Dorn

@standorn

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@TristanSnell Also a juror who got all their news from Fox. Also a juror who got their news only from the NY Post, a right-wing Murdoch publication. A fourth of the jury. And they all voted to convict. 34 times.

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In the Japanese definition of beauty, labor is beautiful as it requires sacrifice. Yes, work can be beautiful. Japanese say as you leave work, “otsukare-sama-deshita” which means “we appreciate your tiredness” #beauty #culturecare #LaborDayWeekend

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Today: 1.Take a deep breath 2.Breath in love and goodness of our God 3.“Consider the lilies” (Matthew 6)which is Jesus’s antidote to anxiety and fear. (Emily Dickinson said “‘consider the lilies’ is the only Commandment of God I have not broken”) 4. Love and create beauty into

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@iamfujimura

3 months

Today’s Eric Liddell may look like Sydney McLaughlin. 100 years later in the same Paris Olympics.

Anna Lulis

@annamlulis

3 months

Sydney McLaughlin says she would take her “love for Christ and that relationship over a gold medal any day.” Yet, God still blessed her with a gold medal. God’s good. Christ is King. 🇺🇸🙏

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Makoto Fujimura

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Happy 2024! In Chronos time we cross into the (western) New Year only once, but in Kairos time, we experience Time-fulness every moment. May this year be filled with generative, Genesis moments! @iamculturecare #CultureCare

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Makoto Fujimura

@iamfujimura

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Just finished my manuscript for the first of a series of "Theology of Making" books and sent to publisher(s) for feedback. So honored to have N.T. Wright to prepare a foreword for this effort. Thanks @brehmcenter and @IntlArtsMvmnt

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Makoto Fujimura

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Good Friday + Holy Week. @crossway

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