5+ hour, 38+ min ago   (548+ words) The following text has been floating around the internet for some time. It's often attributed to the American motivational writer and Methodist lay leader William Arthur Ward (19211994), but it is not in his compilation of maxims, Fountains of Faith (Droke…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (179+ words) SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: February 2026 (Art & Theology): An assortment of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, old and new. This annual gathering features presenters from across the disciplines of poetry, music, visual art, theater, film, dance, creativity coaching, and real estate development. General…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (184+ words) Tomorrow will be the final post in the daily Christmas series for this liturgical year. LOOK: The Magi and Mondrian by Tanja Butler LISTEN: "Trei crai de la R's'rit" (Three Kings from the East), series 1, no. 10 from Romanian Christmas Carols…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (271+ words) ARTICLE: "Witnessing the Divine: The Magi in Art and Literature" by Robin Jensen, Bible Review: In this 2001 article, art historian Robin Jensen traces the development of the tradition of the magi through early Christian art (catacomb frescoes, sarcophagi and funerary…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (126+ words) LOOK: Relief sculpture of the magi, Amiens Cathedral In this sculpture, the Old Testament prophet Balaam pronounces his oracle that'a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel" (Num. 24:17). The anonymous artist shows the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (304+ words) LOOK: Chr. Geb. by J'rg L'nger The contemporary German artist J'rg L'nger creates extraordinary mixed-media works, many of which are in dialogue with Christian art history. L'nger has an academic degree not just in art but also in religious studies…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (424+ words) The light comes feebly, slowly, to the world On this one day that blesses all the year, Just as it comes on any other day: A feeble child He came, yet not the less Brought godlike childhood to the aged…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (222+ words) In today's Christmas devotional, there's a convergence of three Native cultures of Turtle Island (North America): Jemez, Dakelh, and Kwakwaka'wakw. LOOK: Jemez Nativity by Maxine Toya I learned about this artist from the wonderful book Nativities of the Southwest by…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (327+ words) I was sleeping, but my heart was awake.The sound of my beloved knocking!Open to me, my sister, my love,my dove, my perfect one,for my head is wet with dew,my locks with the drops of the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (563+ words) LOOK: Virgin and Child, medieval French ivory I love the affection between mother and child in this thirteenth-century ivory statuette from northern France. A variation of the Virgin Eleousa (Virgin of Tenderness) icon type, it shows Jesus seated in Mary's…...