As I’ve said before, I am fascinated with the process of making things. Perhaps it’s because on the rare occasion I can do just that – making a mosaic as a gift, a toy for one of my kids, or dinner for friends – it seems so utterly satisfying. (More so, actually, than most of what I do.) I have a hunch that making things – bringing things into being – not only connects us with things of the earth like wood or food but also perhaps aligns us with the creating and creative God we know in and through Jesus. Whatever the reason, I’m intensely curious about the process of how we make things and so fan a well-made films about just...

I’m fascinated by the process of making things: making art, making bread, making a guitar or a violin. You name it, and I’m probably curious about how it came into being. Part of that is simply an interest with how things work and, even more, where they came from. Part of it is a fascination with the creative process. And part of it – maybe the biggest part – is that I’m interested not simply in the mechanics – the how – of making something, but in the who – that is, who has brought this thing into being, why, and what does it mean to them. All of this is to say that whenever I come across a story or video about how people...