Painting LOVE | Advent 4 | Livestream Recording
On Friday, December 20, 2024 I spent an hour on my Art Pastor Live stream and drew this image. It is a contemplative art piece that explores the themes of the texts for the fourth Sunday of Advent.
What’s Love Got to Do with It? The Most Excellent Way from 1 Corinthians 13
1 Corinthians is a letter written by the apostle Paul to a contentious people. He spends much of the letter correcting their negative and destructive behavior. Yet, here in 1 Corinthians 13, nestled in the middle of the constant correctives to chaotic Corinthians comes a beautiful gem that radiates the deep truth of God’s Kingdom. Paul tells us about love: the most excellent way.
Peter and Cornelius, The Vine, and The Most Excellent Way | Visual Lectionary for May 5, 2024
This post offers visual resources for Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10, The Vine in John 15, and The Most Excellent Way of Love in 1 Corinthians 13.
Love and Nativity | Visual Resources for Both Lectionaries on December 24, 2023
This post offers visual resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary for December 24, 2023. This is the fourth week of Advent AND Christmas Eve. We light the candle of LOVE and Celebrate the Nativity.
God Is With Us | Visual Resources for Advent 4, Love, and Both Lectionaries
This post offers visual resources for the week of December 18, 2022 in the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. It is the fourth Sunday of Advent and we light the candle of Love. It is also the great convergence where the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary call for the same Gospel text. Matthew 1:18-25 tells the story of Joseph’s dream when a divine messenger tells him to take Mary to be his wife and they should name the child Jesus and call him Immanuel, God is with us.
