First published 2023
BEYOND operates from Brighton as a collective of dreamers, artists and provocateurs who refuse to keep their Christian spirituality confined within church walls. For more than a decade, they have ventured into public spaces with imaginative experiments. They create light installations and walking meditations. They partner with local retailers to design spiritual window displays. They celebrate traditional church festivals in secular venues and draw on folk customs to introduce people to Christian faith. Bolz-Weber documents their wide-ranging projects and extracts practical principles that local churches can adapt. The book includes liturgical materials and other resources that BEYOND developed for their public engagements. Their mission centers on creating opportunities where the divine might intersect with ordinary human experience. This approach targets a world that has grown increasingly distant from organized religion, God, and traditional expressions of faith.
Genres: contemporary, non-fiction, christianity, church
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
Setting: Brighton
208 pages · Paperback · Canterbury Press Norwich