Brian Nixon
Brian Nixon is a writer, artist, musician, educator, and family man. He’s a graduate of California State University, Stanislaus (BA), Veritas Seminary (MA), and is a Fellow at Oxford Graduate School (D.Phil.). Brian is the author of "Tilt: Finding Christ in Culture" and "Beauty (and the Banana), both by Wipf & Stock Publishers.
Redimere Revealed: Author, Andrew James on the Veritas Codices
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—Andrew James has experienced much in his life. Growing up on the East coast James fell into cultic activities in his...
Peter Zöller-Greer: From Sorrow to Song
FRANKFURT, GERMANY (ANS)—As the Psalmist declares, “Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning” (Psalm 30:5). Peter Zöller-Greer is a...
Kalokagathic: Argument From Beauty
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)--While reading an essay on Russian Avant-garde art, I came upon a fascinating sentence: “the icon that is, in itself, ‘proof...
Buried Secrets of the Bible: Interview with Archeologist, Dr. Steven Collins
HASHIMITE KINGDOM, JORDAN (ANS)—Dr. Steven Collins, Director of the School of Archeology at Veritas International University, is in his fourteenth season overseeing excavations at...
Lilt: The Joy of Beauty
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—In my newest series of geometrical abstract acrylic/oil on canvas paintings, I am using Morse Code symbols to provide a basis...
The Cheerleaders: On Poetry and Faith
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—Pick up a phone. Dial a number. Listen to a poem. These were the instructions for the Telepoem Booth, an...
Walk Through That Door: Poet, Jimmy Santiago Baca
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—I marvel at a person that is able to go from prison to prominence. But this is the case with poet,...
Immigration: What is a Christian To Think and Do?
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—I’m sitting at the Albuquerque Museum of Art listening to a world-famous Iraqi oud player, Rahim AlHaj. As a twice Grammy-nominated...
Why Pastors Fall: The Cause and Cure
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—There’s no question about it: Christian leadership is under great scrutiny. Just read a few of the recent headlines:
Pastor and founder...
The Heart Behind the Hand
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—No one person can reach everyone for Christ. We can’t touch and change every person in the world. But we can...
