Winter Landscape with Church (after Caspar David Friedrich) by Michelle L Hofer — acrylic and metal leaf on canvas, 2011 February 20, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CGenesis 45:3-11, 15Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40I Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50Luke 6:27-38View Lectionary Our image this week is a landscape icon. And by that I mean a landscape painting infused with …
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Sixth Sunday After Epiphany
Gallery of tree images by Mitch Dobrowner, 2006-2009. February 13, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CJeremiah 17:5-10Psalm 1I Corinthians 15:12-20Luke 6:17-26View Lectionary Trees planted by the water… resurrection… healing… blessing… my mind went quickly to the dreamy ethereal photography I learned of and tinkered with in college - black and white infrared photography. It’s an …
Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Vision of the Man in Sapphire Blue by Hildegard of Bingen — from the German copy (completed by Hildegard Abbey in Eibingen, 1927-33) of Book II of Hildegard’s illustrated volume, Scivias, mid 12th century. Hildegard’s original volume was lost in transport for safekeeping during World War II. February 6, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CIsaiah …
Fourth Sunday After Epiphany
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. …
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 …
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 …
First Sunday After Christmas
Light pouring into the Hagia Sophia Cathedral — photos by the Byzantine Institute December 26, 2021 Lectionary Texts — Year C 1 Samuel 2:18-20,26 Psalm 148 Colossians 3:12-17 Luke 2:41-52 TEXT LINK Sancta (Hagia) Sophia is a sphere of light.Thomas Whittemore Just in the past week, scrolling through social media, I came across a post …
Christmas
Folio034r — The Chi Rho Monogram, The Book of Kells December 24/25, 2021 Lectionary Texts — Year C Isaiah 9:2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-4 TEXT LINK I’ve lived through many ages… I’ve seen suffering in the darkness. Yet I have seen beauty thrive in the most fragile of places. I have seen the …
Visio Divina 
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