About the studio

 

Ministry by Hand, Faith in Motion

The Painted Word Studio exists at the meeting place of creativity, spirituality, and reform — where the sacred and the everyday meet. Each offering is an act of ministry, designed to help individuals and communities reconnect to the living Word through reflection, creativity, and authentic faith.

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Modern Epistles — A Digital Letter Ministry

The heart of this work begins on The Painted Word Studio TikTok channel, where Rev. TJ shares modern epistles penned in a Pauline spirit and a prophetic voice — these are reflective letters written to the Church at large and to our changing world. Each letter is inspired by scripture, cultural observation, and prayerful discernment, continuing the ancient tradition of correspondence that shaped the early faith.

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The Epistle Exchange — Write to Rev. TJ

Do you have something heavy on your heart and you want a personal response and prayer? Let's get away from the comments with replies, the feeds, and the scrolls. Let's reclaim letter writing. You can send letters to our PO Box — written in any style, form, and with any question or story you carry. Pastor TJ will prayerfully read over and respond personally. Some letters, shared anonymously, may become part of my digital ministry so others who share similar struggles or may be inspired by your testimony can receive a word of hope too.

Each exchange is both pastoral care and spiritual art — a dialogue between soul and Spirit. You will receive a letter in response with a small hand painted gift. There is no cost to this ministry of love. 

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Banners, Signs, and Sacred Art

We create custom banners for churches, events, and milestones — handmade pieces meant to inspire and mark sacred moments. You can view samples and commission work through the Shop the Studio page (when officially released, this is a brand new thing!). This will add a personal touch to any event and each will be anointed with holy water and blessed. 

We also design wooden signs and painted pieces that can be customized with names, scripture, blessings, or original words of encouragement. Every creation is a prayer made tangible. This is the first step in funding the ministry. Your support in this small business not only allows for this ministry to launch and grow but it also supports our family. Thank you so much!

 

Please support other small businesses too. We are the heart and backbone of our country. When you buy handcrafted items over corporate mass produced things, you may pay more but you get a higher quality product and you put food on someone's table instead of buying a yacht for a billionaire. 

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Speaking and Workshops (Coming Soon)

As this ministry grows, Rev. TJ will begin offering workshops and speaking engagements for congregations, retreats, nursing homes, and small groups. These sessions will blend scripture, creativity, and spiritual formation to suit the interest of you group— helping participants rediscover faith through Word and fellowship.

Topics will include but are not limited to: creative spirituality, reimagining church, women and faith, grief and resilience, and living in rhythm with creation. Customized workshops or messages around your group's needs are available! 

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Spiritual Tools and Resources (Future Development)

In time, The Painted Word Studio LLC will expand to include both digital and printed devotionals, planners, prayer candles, and resources inspired by the natural cycles of creation — some especially designed for women seeking to reconnect body, spirit, and faith. Each offering is rooted in a simple conviction: that the Spirit of God still moves through the work of our hands and the words we share. The hope of this ministry/small business is that these efforts help individuals grow deeper in faith, inspire churches toward authentic transformation, and nurture a community where we can once again be the Church — free of walls, budgets, and gatekeeping.

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about why this is intentionally not a "church" but it is very much a ministry

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We make what we believe.

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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” — John 1:1

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Creation itself was the first act of belief — God spoke what God believed into being, and it was good. God believed that love is only love if we are free to choose it. Consider any healthy relationship, it is a love chosen and worked at, correct? Same goes for our relationship with God. Therefore God loosened the grip on creation so we could not just choose to love God back but to also co-create with the Divine. What if that were the center of our faith — not the fall, not shame, but the wonder of being made in God’s image? What if we remembered that creation is God at play, and that we are invited to play along?

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John starts his gospel with this proclamation about the Word because he is actually making a big statement about creation and the Trinity--that the Word is Jesus and Jesus was there in the very beginning. (There are some really mind bending theological thoughts on this that we will save for a blog post some time.)

 

With this venture, the Word is our beginning too. Read, spoken, and painted, The Painted Word Studio LLC is how one devoted pastor decided to live into that first divine act: turning belief into creation.

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You were created to create — to co-labor with God, not to consume a spoon-fed faith built on fear and shame. You were meant to live an embodied, creative faith that moves with the rhythms of creation itself.

 

A personal note from Rev. TJ: The Painted Word Studio has been on my heart since I was first drawn away from my chosen career path in speech-language pathology and into becoming God’s chosen. I never could have predicted that detour, but now I see how it all prepared me — to speak differently, to listen deeply, and to give voice to a faith that creates, questions, and endures. I attempted to by-pass pulpit ministry all together in the beginning of my journey. I proposed a business model of church that supported the church with a coffee shop. I had it all mapped out but when push came to shove the denomination didn't want to take the financial risk to do something different. At the time, I didn't have the resources to do my own thing. Now, I am grateful that God never let that seed of entrepreneurial ministry be uprooted because the Lord provides and here I am today, breaking ground for a new way of ministry rooted in ancient practices renewed for this age. Join me on this journey of a renewed, reclaimed faith. ​

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This space is for the ones who love God but feel they no longer belong in religion’s halls. For the wounded, the weary, the curious, and the hopeful. This is even for those who don't seek to believe but want to support a Christian leader trying to heal the hearts and souls of all without regard to who they are or where they came from.

 

Here, faith becomes tangible again — in word, in art, in work, in love. Here we hope to model and teach a faith that is embodied and more in tune with creation in a way that sparks creativity. 

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This is a reclamation. A revelation. A reformation.

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The Painted Word Studio LLC — where creation begins with Word and ministry is reborn through creativity.