A New Jerusalem Arise | An Animation for Revelation 21:1-6
Revelation 21:1-6 offers a beautiful vision of God’s preferred and promised future. This text is the second reading in the Revised Common Lectionary (view the visual lectionary resource here). As I was meditating on the RCL texts this week it occurred to me that...
Painting Trees
On Thursday, May 1, at 7:00pm CT I livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook for an hour. I created an original image from scratch in Procreate on my iPad Pro. Bring your art supplies and create with me, or simply sit back and allow my creative process tp be a...
Painting Into Spring
Enjoy this live painting session of a bee on a cone flower. This was painted in Procreate on my iPad during the Art Pastor Live stream on Friday, April 25.
Hang Out With The Art Pastor at Camp House!
You are invited to join me at Camp House in Brimson, MN between June 28-July 4. Come for one night, or stay the whole week. Check out the post for all the details
Painting A Mother’s Grief
How do you paint a mother’s grief? I had the honor to accept that challenge last year. In this post I share the journey of creating an oil painting that tries to capture the emotions of a grieving mother over the untimely death of her 19-year-old son who died in a motorcycle accident.
Find Hope Beyond Division
Feeling overwhelmed by today’s divisive climate and the pull towards political extremes? I spoke with artist-pastor Steve Thomason to dive deep into his insights connecting the good news of Jesus’ story to our modern “shadow of tyranny.”
We explore how Jesus navigated intense conflict, challenged power structures non-violently, and offered us a profound “third way” beyond the endless cycle of retaliation – a path centered on listening, humility, and radical love.
This conversation provides a desperately needed perspective for finding hope and acting constructively when everything feels polarized.
If you’re seeking practical, faith-grounded wisdom to navigate division without losing your soul or resorting to domination, watch this episode.
He is Risen! An Invitation to Explore Easter with the Art Pastor
Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Now we begin the Easter season. May the next weeks of study in the post-resurrection Jesus and the birth of the church be encouraging to your soul. Find ways to explore this season in the post.
Painting Good Friday | A Contemplative Art Experience
This session focuses our attention on the story of Jesus’ crucifixion. We remember this horrible event each year on Good Friday. In this session I begin the story with the Tree of Life planted in the Garden of Delight (Eden). I start there because the Gospels tell us that the curtain that separated the world from the Holy of Holies in the Temple was torn open from top to bottom when Jesus died on the cross. The early Christians believed that Jesus’ death re-opened the free access to the Holy Place, the Garden of Delight, the Tree of Life.
Images of the Cross | A Meditation for Good Friday
It is Good Friday. This is the day that Jesus was executed on a Roman cross. People have been trying to make sense out of this event since the moment it happened. Why did this popular teacher willingly walk into Jerusalem and allow himself to be arrested, mocked, beaten, and executed, unjustly, with no resistance?
It doesn’t make sense.
This morning I decided to meditate on the cross by browsing through my 300 Daily Devo Doodles collection to find all the images that were related to the crucifixion of Jesus. There were a lot.
I invite you to walk through these images and see what the Spirit of God might have to say to you and work in you as we continue the contemplation of this horrific and mysterious event.
