Category: Art

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Jesus the Branch

Walking into the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, AZ, I was immediately captivated by the large cross filling the front of the chapel.

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Painted In

Viewing art used to feel like a marathon. I needed good running shoes on my early visits to art museums as I raced through the

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Drops of Red

I first saw one of van Gogh’s olive trees paintings more than 30 years ago and I’m still entranced by them. A reproduction of one

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Crushed and Beautiful

This painting, Consider the Lilies, is part of a collection of stunning art by Makoto Fujimura that inspired today’s devotional. Fujimura employs an ancient style of

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Simon of Cyrene

Today’s entry in “The Greatest Love” Easter devotional was inspired after viewing the beautiful artwork “Simon of Cyrene” by contemporary artist Egbert Modderman. In addition

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Betrayed

Today’s devotional comes from the Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting, The Last Supper. What fascinates me about this painting depicting the aftermath of Jesus’ announcement

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Grace and Restoration

  This statue stands in the courtyard of the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu (or “cock’s crow”), which was built on the site of

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Psalm 82

This week we just happen to have another spoken word performance. It is a reading of Psalm 82 from The Voice, a new Bible translation.

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Psalm 73

Following is a “spoken word” performance of Psalm 73. While it is an urban performance of the Psalm and probably quite different than you have

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Psalm 40

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.  Psalm 40:3 Below is a kinetic typology video (an animation

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Psalm 19

We hope that you are continuing with us through the second week of reading through the Psalms. Below is a beautiful trumpet and organ performance

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Easter Wings

George Herbert (1593-1633), a 17th century Welsh-born Anglican priest and poet, is believed by many to be the greatest religious poet in the English language. This famous pattern

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