Encountering scripture in the company of artists and authors. You can join the Bible study in person on Tuesdays at 1:00 PM in the EASE Gallery at Saint Stephen's, 30 W. Woodruff Avenue. Or you can enjoy it here. Please feel free to comment if you'd like. We've been doing about two chapters of the … Continue reading The Image and the Word Bible Study: The Beatitudes
Author: KPB Stevens
A Place for Christ to Walk Inside of Us
I was fortunate, this week, to discover Eva Gore-Booth's poem, "Secret Waters": Lo, in my soul there lies a hidden lake, High in the mountains, fed by rain and snow, The sudden thundering avalanche divine, And the bright waters’ everlasting flow, Far from the highways’ dusty glare and heat. Dearer it is and holier, for … Continue reading A Place for Christ to Walk Inside of Us
The Image and the Word Bible Study: Matthew 3-4
Here are poems and painting that I've collected to accompany our study of the Gospel of Matthew. William Drummond's "For the Baptist," to accompany Matthew 3:1-10 John the Baptist's preaching isn't given much love by contemporary poets. In fact, I had to go all the way back to the 17th century to find a poet … Continue reading The Image and the Word Bible Study: Matthew 3-4
The Image and the Word Bible Study: Matthew 1-2
I wanted a way of reading the Bible in the company of artists and poets, of paying attention to their commentary on scripture. I couldn't find any one book that did this, so I decided to start collecting resources here. We hold a weekly Bible study in the EASE Gallery, and today we'll be looking … Continue reading The Image and the Word Bible Study: Matthew 1-2
T.S. Eliot’s “The Journey of the Magi”
I like to think that T.S. Eliot knew something about me, about the ways in which my encounters with God, and faith, have often left me dissatisfied and restless. Of course he died before I was born, but I think he understood my kind of believer. It’s all right there in “The Journey of the … Continue reading T.S. Eliot’s “The Journey of the Magi”
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