Here's a small watercolor sketch (with some photo effects) that I created as part of the Sur'mount'ing the Mount project at Summit UMC. My friend Meghan, who's a dancer, noted that "the physical representation [of the Beatitudes] is reaching, exploration of opposites." I read this after I'd created my painting, but was pleased by how … Continue reading The Beatitudes
Author: KPB Stevens
Blessed are the Paintings
I move through the sanctuary very slowly, aware of the way my weight shifts to the balls of my feet. I’m meant to be moving like this. My friend Meghan has been leading us in a dance exercise, helping us to become aware of the kinesphere, that circle of energy that surrounds our bodies, the … Continue reading Blessed are the Paintings
Under the Covers
“Why didn’t Jesus have sex?” One of my students asked me this some years ago. We were in the middle of cooking dinner for our weekly campus ministry meal, and my thoughts were on the onions simmering in a pan and on gathering the ingredients to make dessert. I was distracted and the answer I … Continue reading Under the Covers
Genesis 26:6-11
There is a wall, and beyond it, the sea. The heat is heavier, here. It strikes the houses’ red roofs and the tops of the green trees. There is quiet - a deep quiet that stills even the sound of the water, lapping against the shore at the city’s edge. Everyone is sleeping through the … Continue reading Genesis 26:6-11
Genesis 26:1-5
The quality of the wind changes. It doesn’t breathe against the tent sides, but is sharp and thin. It lifts dirt from the ground and scours their faces. It seems to shrink the rivers, and there’s no rain. The sun is heavy in the sky. Jacob and Esau follow their father as he walks through … Continue reading Genesis 26:1-5
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