Jamini Roy’s “Madonna and Child”

Sermon Text from Luke 1:39-56 Last week we began this sermon series with a non-Christian sculpture beautifully and painstakingly carved by a non-Christian artist.  The...

Monsters

Monsters September 18, 2020 Ruth Bader Ginsberg is dead And no one is coming to save us The generation that came and went Has failed so completely It’s not worth...

To the Ends of the Earth: The Spirit of Haida Gwaii

https://youtu.be/_4P3wO81-XA The first in Todd's series, "To the Ends of the Earth: Gospel Lessons from the Art of Five Continents." This sermon takes a look...

Current

Current July 26, 2020 This year we stay close Avoid travel by swimming In the river where it bends And there are calm pools Safe from storm-swollen current I like to...

Book Review: A Single Thread by Tracey Chevalier

When I heard that Tracey Chevalier’s newest novel, A Single Thread, set in 1932, depicts the lives of the women embroiderers at Winchester Cathedral,...

Graffiti

Grafitti June 2020. Richmond, Virginia. My friend studies graffiti From Roman ruins I once heard her speak on the things We learn from words arrested by time When ash rained...

A Closer Look at Christmas: My Take

Merry Christmas, everyone!  Alleluia! Christ is born to us. I know that sounds like a strange greeting in February, but in some Christian traditions the...

Visio Divina for Rembrandt’s “Christ in the Storm on the Sea...

Years ago Todd and I went to Boston on an anniversary trip and visited one of my favorite museums, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum....

Call to Worship: Based on Madeleine L’Engle’s “A Ring of Endless...

Use this link to download Call to Worship PDF. Sized so two copies may fit on a one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11...

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