The Beauty of Authenticity with songwriter John Van Deusen

About this episode

John Van Deusen discusses the importance of authenticity in art and faith.

The Beauty of Authenticity — John Van Deusen Songwriter John Van Deusen joins Makers & Mystics to explore the beauty of authenticity in art, faith, and vocation. In a creative landscape that often rewards certainty and success, John reflects on the cost—and freedom—of making honesty the point. At the center of the conversation is his latest album, As Long As I Am In The Tent of This Body I Will Make A Joyful Noise, a shape-shifting, faith-inflected collection that resists tidy resolutions...

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Roach

Guest: John Van Deusen

Topics covered

• authenticity
• art
• faith
• vocation
• music
• creativity

Keywords

• authenticity
• John Van Deusen
• art
• faith
• music
• vocation
• creativity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: As Long As I Am In The Tent of This Body I Will Make A Joyful Noise

More episodes of Makers & Mystics

• Threads of Beauty: On Fashion, Fabric and Theology · June 9, 2026 · 41 min
• The Problem with Beauty: From The Grotesque to The Sublime · June 2, 2026 · 1h 15m
• The Beauty of Vulnerability | Zan Fiskum · May 26, 2026 · 28 min
• Beauty As Survival: Breath, Embodiment, and The First Instrument · May 19, 2026 · 40 min
• Make Your Home In This Luminous Dark: Contemporary Art and The Path of the Mystics with James K. A. Smith · May 12, 2026 · 42 min
• Taking Up The Tale with Malcolm Guite · March 3, 2026 · 48 min