Making this painting, taking morning walks in this suddenly beautiful spring time, and reflecting on Mary Magdalene as a person were all one and the same act for me.  Her face, as I painted it, is a little frightened, a little reserved, maybe even somewhat skeptical.  The face of someone who's been hurt by hope, … Continue reading Mary Magdalene Meets the Risen Christ

I'll admit that it's an odd painting.  The Risen Christ, combined with the Green Man, a figure of verdancy and hope.  While painting it, I was responding to Ann Griffith's poem, I Saw Him Standing, which you can read below.  It's translated from the Welsh by Rowan Williams.  What I particularly like is the reference to … Continue reading Stations of the Resurrection

Lectio Divina is an ancient method of praying with scripture.  It consists of four movements.  I like to think of it as having begun with monastic scribes, laboring in their scriptoriums.  To begin, you need to choose a passage of scripture to pray with.  I sometimes also use Lectio Divina with poems and the writing of the … Continue reading Lectio Divina