Sacrifice and the Christian Artist
2017-11-29
What does sacrifice mean to a Christian Artist? Before His Ascension into heaven, Jesus gave His followers a new commandment, to love one another as He has loved us. No longer are we called to love our neighbor as we love ourselves, now we are to love each other asContinue Reading
The Artistic Gift
2017-11-23
In his 1999 “Letter to Artists,” Pope Saint John Paul II said this. “Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense,Continue Reading
Babylon 5, Free Will, And God’s Plan
2017-11-05
If God has a plan for each of us, what does it mean to have free will? It is fairly common now for a television series, especially a drama, to have a main story arc that runs through all of its individual episodes. One of the first television shows toContinue Reading
A Synaxis of Archangels
2017-09-29
A contemporary interpretation of a traditional icon, “A Synaxis of Archangels.”Continue Reading
A Mother’s Love and Persistence in Prayer
2017-08-20
How great and tender is a mother’s love? How many lessons do we learn from them? A young girl once came to her mother for advice. The daughter had graduated from school with honors, but was having difficulty in her career. Every time she tried to move forward, it seemedContinue Reading
A 12th Century Letter To The Artist
2017-08-09
Somewhere around the year 1122 AD, Benedictine artist/monk Roger of Helmarshausen, under the pseudonym Theophilus, wrote a treatise on artistic crafts titled ON DIVERS ARTS. It is the oldest surviviving manuscript on the arts written by a practicing artist. It describes 12th century techniques in painting, glass, and metalwork. ThisContinue Reading
Upcoming Talk on Our Spiritual Journey
2017-06-05
The Adventurous Life: storytelling and our spiritual journey. Do you have a sense that there is something wrong with the world? Even more, do you think that you should be able to do something about it? Are you are not sure where to begin? Do you feel a little lost?Continue Reading
How to Share the Faith
2017-06-04
Why do we hesitate to share our faith? After all we have been sent out into the world to do just that. When this question is asked in surveys the answers usually fall into one of two general responses; either people do not think they are qualified or they doContinue Reading
New Print, Perpetual and Felicity
2017-05-17
New print available. For signed prints go here. For unsigned, framed and matted prints go here.Continue Reading