Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human.

by John Mark Comer

Theologian Ben Witherington III (how cool would that be, to have III at the end of your name?) puts it this way: “Sometimes Christians, especially frugal ones, think that the creating of elaborate, beautiful works of art, worth lots of money, is itself either a waste of money or at least not good stewardship, if it is not simply sinful altogether. What this story suggests is just the opposite.”14 Sometimes in our quest against injustice and greed and waste and in our passion to steward the wealth of the West in a kingdom-of-God-like way, it’s easy to overreact and devalue the things that God himself values, like art or beauty. But that’s a problem, because we worship an artist God.