Seven Reasons You Shouldn’t Ignore Beauty

As a teenager, I made fashion choices based on three principles: first, comfort. Second, what was most well-suited to the activities I enjoyed, such as basketball. And third, perhaps predictably, whatever would impress others. I didn’t value appearances, whether in hoodies, art museums, front lawns, or church buildings. It didn’t seem good to look good, except as a means for some other end. I thought beauty didn’t matter. I was wrong. As a young adult, I began to take my Christian faith more seriously, and at first, my views of beauty and appearance were only reinforced. Because I struggled with...