Travelers in Autumn Mountains by Wang Hui (Chinese, 1632–1717) — ink and color on silk scroll, 60 x 31 inches, 1679. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery January 30, 2022 Lectionary Texts - Year CJeremiah 1:4-10Psalm 71:1-6I Corinthians 13:1-13Luke 4:21-30 Friends, I am reaching outside the Christian tradition for a work of art this week. …
Month: January 2022
Third Sunday After Epiphany
Untitled by Michelle L Hofer - mixed media on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2018 January 23, 2022 Lectionary Texts - Year C Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19 I Corinthians 12:12-31a Luke 4:14-21 View lectionary The hands and hand gestures found in Christian icon art fascinate me. The form is consistently long and slender. …
Second Sunday After Epiphany
The Marriage at Cana, 1923, 6 x 6.5 feet, by Winifred Knights (1899-1947) from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. January 16, 2022 Lectionary Texts - Year C Isaiah 62:1-5 Psalm 36:5-10 I Corinthians 12:1-11 John 2:1-11 TEXT LINK I’ll just admit up front here… My choice …
First Sunday After Epiphany
The Baptism of Jesus Christ from the Coptic Church of Saint Mercurius - Old Cairo, Egypt, before 19th century January 9, 2022 Baptism of the Lord - First Sunday after Epiphany Lectionary Texts — Year CIsaiah 43:1-7Psalm 29Acts 8:14-17Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 TEXT LINK It is perhaps too easy to focus our attention on the art and …
Epiphany of the Lord
Word Made Flesh (She Who Shoes the Way) by Michelle L Hofer, mixed media collage, 2018 January 6, 2022 Lectionary Texts - Year C Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 TEXT LINK Today we reflect on the Epiphany of Christ. Long is the tradition of celebrating the incarnation of God and his …
Second Sunday After Christmas
Christ Jesus by Michelle L Hofer - mixed media collage, 2018 January 2, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year C Jeremiah 31:7-14 or Sirach 24:1-12 Psalm 147:12-20 or Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21 Ephesians 1:3-14 John 1:(1-9), 10-18 TEXT LINK The opening words of John’s gospel featured in this Sunday’s lectionary texts are ones I consider among the most …
Visio Divina 
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