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Lois Huey-Heck

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In the House of My Pilgrimage, by Grace Carol Bomer

Encaustic—the use of heated beeswax and pigment—is a traditional technique that is enjoying something of a renaissance....
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Friendship, by Rod Sawatsky

Rod Sawatsky uses calligraphy to illuminate a faith story....
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The Sun Speaks/The Stars Teach, by Jeremy Botts

An epiphany breaks us out of our former mind-set. Jeremy Botts’s The Sun Speaks/The Stars Teach is expansiveness made visible....
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Come Holy Spirit, by Tatiana Nikolova-Houston

The seasons of Advent and Christmas offer a spiritual oasis in the desert of our hunger for justice, peace, refuge and meaning....
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Measuring a Year by the Minute, by Margie Davidson

Fiber artist Margie Davidson embarked on a project to mark a year in her life. From birthday to birthday she knitted a stitch to represent every minute of every day....
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Give Us Today Our Daily Bread, by Steve Turner

The familiar loaf and common cup of the Eucharist are partnered here with a second image of food meant to be shared....
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John After Delacroix

In the foreground of Eugène Delacroix’s classic The Entombment of Christ is a poignant image of the disciple John sitting, bent forward, contemplating the crown of thorns....
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A Camel through the Eye of a Needle

Jesus said to the disciples, “The truth is, it is difficult for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven....
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Peace

Through the juxtaposition of a dry autumn leaf and the cheery blue of the symbols for love and peace, photographer Carmen Phillipe-Welton suggests an encounter of hope wit...
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Ruach

Hillsides are shaped by the etched lines showing the wind blowing around them and through the trees. Below the surface, red-brown roots anchor the trees into the solid ground....

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Rising

Sometimes graffiti artists transcend the mere impulse to “make their mark.” In this case, a damaged wall is transformed from a derelict facade into a simple but striking statement....
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Santuario de Guadelupe

Here is a worship space that never forgets the miracle, blessings and joy of resurrected life....
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Marking Time

In Mexico's ancient city of Pátzcuaro, researchers unearthed a wall with a history dating from pre-Hispanic times (as early as 1350 AD)....
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Árbol de Vida (Tree of Life)

Bertha Servín Barriga hand draws her images onto fabric for embroidering, using traditional colors of the Purépecha people of central Mexico....
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A Community of Believers

Brooklyn-based painter Wayne Adams's large canvas (48"x 60") explores the theme of Christian community....
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Liturgical Year Banners

These six banners from St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Fort Worth, Texas, preview the Christian year....

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