Following the example of Jan Richardson at The Painted Prayerbook, I've been trying to do a kind of modified Lectio Divina with drawing. Here are the results from today's session, in which I was reading Genesis 2.
Author: KPB Stevens
My Week with God – Annie Leibovitz and Mary Oliver
Walking through the Annie Leibovitz exhibit at the Wexner was like reading a novel or a short story. The images built and built, and there was a sense that they were leading to something, some high point which would pull all of the images together and make their meaning coherent. It was a rainy afternoon, … Continue reading My Week with God – Annie Leibovitz and Mary Oliver
My Week with God
It was raining on Tuesday when I walked into Paul's Diner and saw that Laurie had gotten there first and was sitting in our regular booth, reading her Bible and making notes in a wire bound notebook. Laurie's Bible is black and small and slim. Its black cover is crinkled and chipped in places from … Continue reading My Week with God
Jacob Wrestles with the Angel
Here's an illustration I did for the episode in Genesis 32 in which Jacob wrestles with the angel.
Why I believe in evil
When I was nineteen, I took a class called Female Biology. I don't entirely remember why, but I do remember that I was one of four men in a class of around fifty students. One of our assignments was to write a sexual history. The women students could write about themselves, but, not surprisingly, the … Continue reading Why I believe in evil
