Resources on Jan L Richardson

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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Jan L. Richardson talks about Luke 13:10-17 and asks what patterns and themes are hinderances in your life and community. She addresses the feeling of freedom when incorporating art, writing, and worship in your life.

Luke 13:10-17

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Sabbath, Community, Freedom, Womanism

For What Binds Us

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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This artwork and exegesis by Jan L. Richardson are based on Matthew 18:15-20. Richardson discusses how Christians are called to deal with conflict by discerning sin, engaging each other with love and humility, and restoring relationships.

Matthew 18:15-20

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Community, Conflict, Body Of Christ, Binding And Loosing, Power Of

Blessing When the World Is Ending

Jan L Richardson | Global Worship

Poetry

Jan Richardson offers her poem "Blessing When the World is Ending" with encouragement to "turn toward one another with wild and stubborn hope."

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Blessing, Hope, Darkness, Light

Circling Around Again

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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This artwork and commentary by Jan L. Richardson are associated with Mark 5:21-24. Discussing how story describes "two healings that are intertwined with one another," Richardson discusses how wholesome healing is both personal and communal.

Mark 5:21-24

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Healing, Gospel, Mark, Community

Where Two or Three

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Artwork, Poetry

This artwork by Jan L. Richardson titled "For What Binds Us" is associated with Matthew 18:15-20.

Matthew 18:15-20

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Unity, Community, Fellowship

Feast of Saint Clare

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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An informative couple of paragraphs that tell the story of Saint Clare of Assisi.

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Blessing, Poverty, Community, Saints

Walk Across That Water

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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This painting, commentary and poem by Jan Richardson and song by Garrison Doles are based on Matthew 14:22-33. Richardson reflects on the meaning of faith; it is not achieved through will and it lives in community.

Matthew 14:22-33

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Faith, Will, Community, Submission

A Blessing at Bethany

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Artwork, Article about Artwork

A reflection, with a related artwork, by Jan Richardson on Luke 24:44-53. Richardson writes that by bringing the disciples to Bethany before his Ascension, he reminds them of the community they have known and will embody.

Luke 24:44-53

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Ascension, Community, Body Of Christ, Bethany

Fire and Breath

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Artwork

We can’t always plan our moments of initiation; we cannot control the ways that God flings us across a new threshold. Jan Richardson reflects on God's transforming presence in Acts 2:1-21.

Acts 2:1-21

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Pentecost, Community, Change

Ends of the Earth Shall Remember

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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"Who are we if we cannot remember?" This painting and commentary by Jan Richardson reflect on Psalm 22:23-31, calling us to remember.

Psalm 22

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Work, Memory, Community, History

The Temple in His Bones

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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"Jesus says, I am this. Jesus carries the temple in his bones. Within the space of his own body that will die, that will rise, that he will offer to us, a living liturgy unfolds."

John 2:13-22

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Lent, Hospitality, Jesus, Community

Power, Community and Foot Washing

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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A brief reflection on John 13.1-17, 31-35, with it's power dynamics around foot washing. The writer discusses her own skepticism around this ritual, and the way it can draw us out of complacency.

John 13:1, 34-35

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Love, Jesus, Community, Holiness

A Gracious Plenty

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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This piece of artwork and reflection on Matthew 14:13-21. "What are you hungry for these days? How are you being fed?"

Matthew 14:13-21

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Ministry, Community, Vocation, Spirituality

A Spiral-Shaped God

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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The Celtic spiral from medieval Christianity has much to speak to the heart contemplating God. This image and reflection celebrate Trinity Sunday.

Matthew 28:16-20

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Trinity, Creation, Image Of God, Community

From Feast to Feast

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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An image and reflection on Matthew 15:10-28, with a link to further written contemplation of Jesus and the Canaanite mother.

Matthew 15:10-28

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Community, Mother, Jesus, Pentecost

In Which We Get Nailed

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

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Love, suffering, and life together in light of Jesus passion emerge as themes of this reflection and artwork for Good Friday.

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Good Friday, Love, Goodness, Jesus