Making Space for the Soul: The Slow Work of Creativity with Cason Cooley

Making Space for the Soul: The Slow Work of Creativity with Cason Cooley

In this episode, David Kim is joined by record producer Cason Cooley, whose work has shaped albums for artists across Nashville and beyond. Drawing from his recent experience in Goldenwood’s Red Vineyard cohort, Cason reflects on creativity, vocation, and the challenges of remaining spiritually grounded within the pressures of the music industry. Together, they explore how artistic work can move beyond performance, productivity, and constant consumption toward a deeper attentiveness to beauty, community, and the slow formation of the soul. From the role of silence and limitation in the creative process to the impact of technology and AI on modern music-making, this conversation considers what it means to cultivate human creativity in a fragmented and accelerated age. Cason invites us to imagine a way of working that resists disconnection and noise—recovering artistry not merely as output, but as a deeply relational and formative practice.

Beauty and Justice: Art, Advocacy, and the Work We Share with Makoto and Haejin Fujimura

In this episode, Goldenwood Co-founder David Kim is joined by longtime friends and collaborators Makoto Fujimura, an internationally renowned visual artist and writer, and Haejin Shim Fujimura, a lawyer, entrepreneur, and justice advocate. In this wide-ranging conversation, they explore how beauty and justice are not separate callings, but deeply intertwined realities—shaping how we respond to trauma, cultivate culture, and participate in God’s redemptive work in the world. Together, they discuss their newly released book Beauty and Justice and reflect on how their distinct vocations in art and advocacy converge in a shared vision of hope. Mako and Haejin invite us to imagine a way of working that resists fragmentation and instead reflects the wholeness of God’s kingdom.

Discernment in a Time of Transition with Afua Ofosu-Barko

In this episode, Goldenwood CEO David Kim sits down with global development leader Afua Ofosu-Barko to reflect on navigating unexpected vocational transition in a moment of profound cultural and technological change. After years of work in international development and global health systems, Afua found herself entering a season of disruption and transition amid shifting institutions and uncertainty across the global job market. Drawing from her experience in Goldenwood’s Nautilus program, she shares how practices of rest, spiritual attentiveness, and communal discernment have helped her reframe this season not as a loss, but as an invitation to redefine work and cultivate deeper trust in God’s guidance. Together, they explore how seasons of uncertainty can open space for deeper grounding, renewed imagination, and a wisdom that responds to God's call in our lives.

Healing, Hope, and the Long Work of Healthcare with Dr. Brookshield Laurent

In this episode, David Kim sits down with osteopathic family medicine doctor Brookshield Laurent, to reflect on her decade-long journey of hopeful imagination and generational work in the Mississippi Delta region. Together, they explore what it means to pursue healing in a deeply broken healthcare system shaped by systemic injustice, generational poverty, and spiritual need. Brook shares how imagination, community, and attentiveness to the Holy Spirit have reshaped her approach to public health and leadership, moving beyond short-term solutions toward long-term obedience and a renewed vision for future generations. This conversation invites us to reconsider success not as mastery or immediacy, but as perseverance, fidelity, and hope held in tension—trusting that God is at work long before we arrive and is faithful to continue long after we may be gone.

Imagination, Science, and Seeing the World Anew with Makoto Fujimura and Kerry Magruder

This conversation between artist and Goldenwood Institute Dean of Nature Makoto Fujimura and historian of science Kerry Magruder was recorded live last month in Princeton at a Goldenwood event titled “Why Wonder in the History of Science Helps Us See Our World Anew.” Moderated by Goldenwood CEO David Kim, they explore how wonder and imagination are essential to both scientific discovery and artistic practice. Drawing on the lives and work of figures such as Kepler, Galileo, George MacDonald, Darwin, and C.S. Lewis, this wide-ranging conversation invites us to rediscover a deeper way of seeing—one that awakens hope, enlivens faith, and helps us reimagine our work and our world.