ORIGIN
SPIRITUAL FORMATION Program
There are few things more sacred in life than points of origin. The point from where thoughts, ideas, and perspectives begin holds potent ability to echo and endure through generations and shape how people and cultures both speak and act. How a person interacts with and thinks about the world is the essence of living and the result of a starting point.
Origin, an Art House Dallas program, seeks to establish a wholeness and connectedness between spiritual formation, imagination, and the arts with the ultimate intent to establish a sacred perspective on how we individually and collectively live and create. We believe that beauty shown through the arts, culture, and creation holds a powerful ability to form the way we see ourselves, the world, and our interaction with both.
In light of this, we believe that observing beauty gives witness to something deep and life-giving—the Source and Sustainer of all creation. As embodied creatures made in the image of the Triune God we must consider the formation of our senses, our emotions, and our ideas. This same incarnate God calls us to be like him in our participation of cultivating goodness, truth, and beauty.
Gathering
Origin is comprised of a series of gatherings featuring speakers, presentations, and facilitated discussions. Each year a new theme is chosen as the focus Origin which the community walks through together. From May through September this program is focused around our reader, with a series of speakers and discussion groups, and twice a year Art House Dallas partners with other organizations to host larger evening events.
theologian in residence
Fr. Jon Jordan
Fr. Jon Jordan serves as the Head of School for Coram Deo Academy of Dallas and as a Priest at Church of the Incarnation. He lives in Richardson with his wife Vivien and their three children. His latest book is Rhythms of Habit: Cultivating Virtue Through Christian Time, and you can read more of his writing at jonjordan.com or on Substack.
Current Series
Our 2026 Origin series is On Joy & Delight.
Past Series
Community Partners
All Saints Dallas — Pegasus Institute — Image Journal — Mockingbird — Park Cities Presbyterian Church – Northway Church – Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Past Event Speakers
Malcolm Guite, Makoto Fujimura, Nancy Pearcey, Sylvester Jacobs, Bruce Herman, Gideon Strauss, James KA Smith, Douglas McKelvey,
W. David O. Taylor, Silas Farley, Jessica Hooten Wilson, Tish Harrison Warren
Past Luncheon Speakers
Brett Bradshaw (Pegasus Fellows), Nika Spaulding (St. Jude), Mark McDowell (RTS), Tim Basselin (Dallas Theological Seminary), Jurrita Williams Louie (UMC - North Texas Conference), John Poitevent, Blake Schwarz (Pegasus Fellows), Paul Wheatley
