St. George by Heinrich Lefler — color lithograph from a calendar published by Artaria and Co. for the Austrian Museum of Arts and Crafts, 1900. Image by Getty Research Institute May 21, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 1:6-14 • Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 • 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 • John 17:1-11 View Lectionary Image description: …
Divine Creator by Michelle L Hofer — mixed media painting on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2018. May 14, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 17:22-31 • Psalm 66:8-20 • 1 Peter 3:13-22 • John 14:15-21 View Lectionary Image description: Set on a dark layered black-blue splattered background, a hand (outlined in silver dots) gesturing …
Watts Cemetery Chapel (village of Compton, England, United Kingdom) designed by Mary Seton Watts — terracotta building, 1895-1904. Image by TheSpaces.com May 7, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 7:55-60 • Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 • 1 Peter 2:2-10 • John 14:1-14 View Lectionary Image Description: With a combined Byzantine and Celtic design, the Watts Chapel …
Sheep in a Meadow by August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck — oil on board, 36 x 57 inches, 1865. April 30, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 2:42-47 • Psalm 23 • 1 Peter 2:19-25 • John 10:1-10 View Lectionary Image description: A fine example of the realism of European 18th century Romanticism, a flock of …
The Risen Christ by Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi) — Mixed media on panel, 109 x 73 cm, 1490. Image by Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. April 16, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 2:14a, 22-32 • Psalm 16 • 1 Peter 1:3-9 • John 20:19-31 View Lectionary Image description: His body glowing white and draped in a …
Christ Rising From the Tomb (after Doré) by Michelle L Hofer — acrylic painting on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2023. Resurrection of the Lord — April 9, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6 • Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 • Colossians 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43 • John 20:1-18 or Matthew 28:1-10 View …
Dark Night by Soner Abaci, Turkey. Image by The Independent Photographer, 2022. April 7, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AIsaiah 52:13-53:12 • Psalm 22 • Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 • John 18:1-19:42 View Lectionary Image description: Among congregating pigeons falls the shadow of a figure onto a paved pebble-encrusted surface. The night scene …
Time Passage by Michelle L Hofer — sepia toned gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches, 1998. March 26, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AEzekiel 37:1-14 • Psalm 130 • Romans 8:6-11 • John 11:1-45 View Lectionary Image description: Seen from the depth of the root cellar, a stone staircase leads up to a gated …
The Somnambulist’s Dream by Jerry Uelsmann — gelatin silver print, 30 x 24 inches, 2014. March 19, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year A1 Samuel 16:1-13 • Psalm 23 • Ephesians 5:8-14 • John 9:1-41 View Lectionary Image description: A black and white photograph blending multiple images together. A large boulder under a sky of scattered …
Cemetery Statue and Oil Derricks, Long Beach, California by Ansel Adams — black and white photograph, gelatin silver print, 1939. Image by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. March 12, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AExodus 17:1-7 • Psalm 95 • Romans 5:1-11 • John 4:5-42 View Lectionary Image description: A white marble statue of a …
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