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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Arnolfini Wedding, detail, from Art in the Christian Tradition I began this blog a few years ago, with the...
Dan
Aug 11, 20215 min read
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A Covenant to Root Out Racism
Bishop Rickel has asked that all parishes of the diocese incorporate“ A Covenant to Root Out Racism” in their worship on the Sunday...
Dan
May 15, 20214 min read
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Sunday Lenten Conversations: Six
Gallen-Kallela, Akseli, 1865-1931. Hand of Christ / The Palm of Peace The Collect: Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for...
Dan
Mar 28, 20213 min read
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Sunday Lenten Conversations: Five
Conwill, Houston, 1947-2016. Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity...
Dan
Mar 21, 20213 min read
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Sunday Lenten Conversations: Four
Peterson, Kathleen. Other Sheep, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN The...
Dan
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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Sunday Lenten Conversations: Three
Tissot, James, 1836-1902. Bad Rich Man in Hell, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library,...
Dan
Mar 8, 20213 min read
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Sunday Lenten Conversations: Two
Scene from Nashville Civil Rights protests, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville,...
Dan
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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Sunday Lenten Conversations: One
Blake, William, 1757-1827. The First Temptation—" Command that these stones be made bread.", from Art in the Christian Tradition, a...
Dan
Feb 21, 20216 min read
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One Foot in Eden
"The question we need to ask ourselves at every stage (of life) is, where are the side chapels of our lives? What are the times and...
Dan
Feb 15, 20212 min read
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Confessional
From "Life in the Industry, A Musician's Diary, by Mark Heard, an article from the Summer 1992 issue of the Image Journal. Mark Heard...
Dan
Jan 26, 20214 min read
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The Abandon of Liam Rector
Cover image from The Executive Director of the Fallen World by Liam Rector, University of Chicago Press, 2006 Never heard of him before;...
Dan
Dec 8, 20202 min read
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The Essential Sadness of Art
Photo credit: Piers Nye (Creative Commons) By Jeff Goins (https://goinswriter.com/sad-art/) Writing is easy. All you do is sit down at a...
Dan
Oct 9, 20203 min read
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Grief's Patient Friend
“Like the rest of the world, I thought, ‘I can sit around listening to my own fears and anxieties and uncertainties or I can do something...
Dan
Jun 28, 20203 min read
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Lover's Lament (A paraphrase of Psalm 13. For Jolyn.)
I How long, O Eternal One? How long will You make us wait for justice? Forever? How long will You remain silent? Are you speaking in a...
Dan
Jun 7, 20203 min read
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