Holy Week Series

Remembering Truth

Apr 8, 2020 | Holy Week Reflections from an Artist's Perspective

When it was evening, Jesus sat down at the table with the Twelve. While they were eating, he said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray...

Remembering Beauty

Apr 7, 2020 | Holy Week Reflections from an Artist's Perspective

While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on...

Remembering Goodness

Apr 6, 2020 | Holy Week Reflections from an Artist's Perspective

Working on Gabriel the Messenger created on an abstractly painting background Jesus came to the temple. He drove out all those who were buying and...

Down Memory Lane

Apr 5, 2020 | Holy Week Reflections from an Artist's Perspective

Walking along one of the dirt roads near my home. Jesus, the disciples, and the great crowds were heading toward Jerusalem when they came to...

Lost Sight Series

Lost Sight – Series Introduction

Jan 30, 2018 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection

CAN THERE BE SUCH A THING AS AN IMAGELESS FAITH? Faith may, will, and must have its images! - Martin Luther For many of the new forming Christian...

Part 12 – Now I See

Jan 23, 2018 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection

Above: We Are One (The Holy Trinity after Rublev), 2018 by Michelle L Hofer A Real Eye Opener I am an avid podcast listener, especially when I’m...

Part 11 – Seeing the Divine

Jan 16, 2018 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection

Above: Detail of Christ, Deesis* mosaic in the Hagia Sophia (13th century) Istanbul, Turkey. *Deesis is the name of the artistic depiction were...

Part 10 – This Means War

Jan 9, 2018 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection

Above: Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight Years Old Wearing a Coat with Fur Collar (1500) by Albrecht Dürer - detail If I were a better lyricist I would...

Part 9 – Seeing the Good News

Jan 2, 2018 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection

Above: The Vladimir Mother of God (12th century) “I’ve stopped watching the news,” my friend tells me at a holiday party. Having taken a challenging...

Part 8 – Glowing Gospels

Dec 19, 2017 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection

Above: “XPI AUTEM” © STOCKHOLM, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SWEDEN, MS A. 135, FOL. 10R A Discovery “...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of...

Part 7 – A Visit to the Cave

Dec 12, 2017 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection

Above: The Adoration of the Shepherds (1645) by Georges de La Tour It was Christmas Eve, 1223 when a devout monk in the Italian hillside town of...

Part 6 – The Reformation’s Dynamic Duo

Dec 5, 2017 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection

Above: Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Holy Kinship (1509)/Portrait of Martin Luther (1528)  both by Lucas Cranach the Elder Creative marketing - it’s...

Part 5 – Heaven on Earth

Nov 28, 2017 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection

Above: Hagia Sophia, exterior (1852) by Gaspare Fossati* “We knew not whether we were in heaven or on earth, for surely there is no such splendor or...

Part 4- Protestants Gone Wild

Nov 21, 2017 | Lost Sight: How the Protestant Reformation Disrupted the Art and Faith Connection

Above: The Garden of Earthly Delights, detail - right panel (1515) by Hieronymus Bosch Paranoia Will Destroy Ya Dear Dad,Sorry we burned your KISS...

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