The Regent Vine

Welcome to The Vine, a publication of Regent College. Join us for conversations that inform, challenge, and inspire.

Oct 31, 2025
Society & Culture Arts

The Horror of Hearing Without Listening

Jeremy Hunt

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s experimental soundtrack invites theological reflection on the act of listening. Jeremy Hunt argues that engaging with unsettling sounds can retrain us to listen deeply—cultivating empathy, attention, and presence in a noisy, distracted world.

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Oct 27, 2025

Re-Imagining Imagination Through a Photographic Lens

Levi Shiach

A photographer reflects on two images of the same scene—one spontaneous, one staged—to explore how imagination works not by control but by receptivity. True seeing, he argues, is about allowing the world and the Spirit to speak, cultivating attention that opens us to truth, beauty, and love.

Oct 24, 2025

Poetry: After the Alarm

Jolene Nolte

I woke to early autumn air, a cold pool upon which I float in my four-poster bed. . . .

Oct 22, 2025

Rediscovering Childlike Wonder: The Profound Allegory of "The Little Prince"

Fong Xue Ting

An analysis of The Little Prince, exploring its themes of childlike wonder, love, ego, and spiritual transformation through humility and imagination.

Oct 21, 2025

Video: Judith Wolfe on Eschatology and Christian Hope | Walk & Talk

Judith Wolfe

A conversation tracing the development of Christian eschatology from New Testament hope to institutional doctrine, touching on art and philosophy as expressed by figures such as Dante and C.S. Lewis. Philosophical theologian Judith Wolfe reminds us that eschatology explores what is ultimately true for individuals and the world.

Oct 14, 2025

Audio: The Man from Narnia

J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer reflects on C.S. Lewis’s life, imagination, and faith, exploring how his experiences shaped The Chronicles of Narnia and how the dynamic between author, reader, and story invites us into deeper understanding and wonder.

Oct 3, 2025

A Faithful Presence at the Intersection of Faith, Fashion & Academia

Fiona Dieffenbacher

Fashion meets faith in Fiona Dieffenbacher’s journey—exploring embodiment, identity, and the soul through style, Scripture, and scholarship.

Sep 29, 2025

The Saint John’s Bible Heritage Edition at Regent College: Ancient Art for the Modern Era

The Saint John's Bible Heritage Program

In this piece, The Saint Johns Bible Heritage Program shares the story behind a remarkable work of art, biblical interpretation, and creative engagement with Christian tradition.

Sep 26, 2025

Poetry: You’ve Made Your Bed

C. J. Berberich

A poetic lens on Isaiah 28 reveals pride, fear, and the nearness of God's true rest.

Sep 25, 2025

Video: Joy Marie Clarkson on Popular Culture and Faith | Walk & Talk

Joy Marie Clarkson

An interview on how art, literature, and metaphor shape spiritual formation. Clarkson explores how engagement with popular and classical works deepens moral imagination, reorients our view of death, and cultivates attention, empathy, and hope.

Sep 16, 2025

Will There Be AI Zombie Songs in Heaven?

Jonathan Lipps

Human creativity reflects divine design and personal growth; unlike AI-generated art, true art stems from soul, struggle, and transformation.

Sep 16, 2025

Poetry: Genesis

Jolene Nolte

Rainbows are rare here because they require both rain and a low-angled, unobscured sun...

Sep 16, 2025

The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art

Jonathan Anderson

Religion has shaped modern art, yet art history often ignores it. This article urges deeper study of theology’s hidden role in contemporary art.

Sep 16, 2025

The New Jerusalem

Daniela Amestegui

A multicultural tapestry reimagines the New Jerusalem as a familiar, earthly city where God's Spirit weaves together diverse cultures in sacred unity.

Sep 16, 2025

"Music for the Brain and Booty"

Jonathan Saunders

Snarky Puppy’s music blends groove, intellect, and community, resisting reductionist views of humanity. Rooted in gospel, it unites body and spirit, revealing transcendence through deep human experience and offering a vision of the image of God made whole.

Sep 16, 2025

Stanley’s “Holy Box”

Iwan Russell-Jones

Stanley Spencer’s “holy box”—the Sandham Memorial Chapel—honours WWI soldiers with art that blends the sacred and the everyday. His vivid Resurrection paintings portray embodied, joyful renewal—revealing hope, holiness, and divine presence in ordinary life and human suffering.

Sep 16, 2025

Video: Art, Conflict and Healing: Case Studies from Northern Ireland, China and Ukraine

Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin

This lecture explores contemporary artists—Bogside Artists, Ai Weiwei, and Ukrainian creators—whose powerful works respond to conflict and oppression.