The Artist's Calling Online Course
Achieve Confidence and Clarity in Your Calling as an Artist of Faith
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In this Online Course You Will Learn the 4 Principles to Give you Clarity and Confidence in Your Calling as an Artist of Faith:
- 1: Clear the Confusion: Get Beyond the Fallacies & Obstacles Clouding Your Calling
- 2: Establish Your Identity: Anchor Your Calling God's Word
- 3: Discover Your Unique Calling: Find Your Unique Voice & Unique Design
- 4: Mastering Your Journey: Learn How to Navigate Each Season of Life
Your Instructor
Joel Pelsue is the CO-Founder and President/CEO of Arts and Entertainment Ministries as well as the Arts & Entertainment Institute. He is a Presbyterian minister, pastoring now for over 20 years both in New York and in Los Angeles and has been the Moderator of the Pacific Presbytery three times.
Joel has taught, lectured and preached all over the world for think tanks, universities, churches and seminaries, and art focused associations. Audiences are surprised at Joel’s ability not only to exegete scripture but also to exegete culture, and the creative process.
As a musician, Joel started playing professionally in orchestra pits at age 14, training first on clarinet and oboe; in college he studied improvisational jazz on both tenor and soprano saxophone. His first CD, “Windsome Thirst” played on radio stations across the country.
Joel has been working with artists and creative professionals for over 20 years. As an author, Joel has written articles for magazines, blogs and books. He has written on topics as diverse as Narcissism in Hollywood to the call for Christians to create culture.
Joel has spoken at events for arts organizations such as IAM, CIVA, The ActOne Program, Inter-Mission, The Bel Air Pres. BEACON ministry, and numerous others. He is also on the faculty of the Blackstone Fellowship Program for the Alliance Defending Freedom where he teaches on the influence of popular culture upon politics and the legal system.
Joel lives in Los Angeles with his wife Michelle, and their three children. Joel has a B.A in Philosophy from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA., and his M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary. Joel recently enjoyed a sabbatical studying theology and aesthetics in London at King’s College and the National Gallery and is currently writing a book on beauty as a result of those studies.