Resources on Jan L Richardson

Jan L Richardson | Global Worship

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

So That You May Know the Hope

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration and 3 more types

Jan Richardson shares personal grief with the loss of her spouse and the hope that she continues to have in the midst of the pain. She finds comfort in Paul's words in In Ephesians 1:15-23.

Ephesians 1:15-23

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Hope, Writing, Mystery, Power

Whether Awake or Asleep

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration and 3 more types

Jan Richardson offers a blessing based on 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. She invites us to consider God's constant presence with us, regardless of if we are awake or asleep, active or resting.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

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Blessing, Hope, Rest, God's Presence

Easter Tension

Jes Kast | The Twelve

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Poetry

Jes Kast reflects on Habakkuk 1:2-4 in response to injustice. She introduces poems by nayyirah waheed and Jan Richardson in holding the tension between lament and hope at Easter time. Article audio is included. (Length: 3:08)

Habakkuk 1:2-4

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Easter, Hope, Habakkuk, Lament

Blessing the Dust

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Artwork, Poetry

Jan Richardson shares artwork and a poetic “Blessing of the Dust” for Ash Wednesday. She encourages us to “claim what God can do within the dust,” based on 2 Corinthians 6:1-10.

2 Corinthians 6:1-10

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Ash Wednesday, Blessing, Lent, Earth

The Hands that Hold the Ashes

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Artwork, Benediction or Blessing

Jan Richardson reflects on Ash Wednesday and the ashes of her brother, and writes on how even in her pain she holds on to the sign of the cross: sign of stubborn hope.

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Ash Wednesday, Art, Pain, Cross

Beloved Is Where We Begin

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Artwork, Poetry

A reflection, plus a related painting and poem, by Jan Richardson on Luke 4:1-13. Richardson, writing to people preparing for Lent, says that Christians should journey into their wilderness remembering that God has called them beloved.

Luke 4:1-13

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Lent, Love, Baptism, Temptation Of Christ

The Greatest of These

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Artwork, Poetry

Jan Richardson adapts the words of St Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 to offer a blessing encouraging us to unfold our hearts in love and for love.

1 Corinthians 13

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Epiphany, Blessing, Hope, Love

Therefore I Will Hope

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration and 3 more types

In times of darkness, how does what God has done in the past give us hope for what God will yet do? In this Holy Saturday meditation, Jan Richardson reflects on this question and Lamentations 3:24.

Lamentations 3:19-24

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Blessing, Hope, Lament, Holy Saturday

Hoping Against Hope

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Artwork, Poetry

In reference to Romans 4:18a, Jan Richardson offers her poem "Rough Translations" and her image "Hoping Against Hope."

Romans 4:13-25

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Lent, Blessing, Hope, Death

Secret Medicine

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration and 3 more types

An image, poem, and commentary on Mark 8:31-38. In the season of Lent we learn that "Hope does not depend on us, but it cannot do without us." Hope lives on even when we feel otherwise.

Genesis 17; Psalm 22 Mark 8:31-38, 9:2-9

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Lent, Hope, Jesus, Peter

Blessing in a Time of Violence

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration and 3 more types

This painting and a poem cry out blessing and peace in the midst of violence and hatred.

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Blessing, Hope, Sorrow, Peace

While It Was Still Dark

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Artwork, Poetry

In John 20:1-18, it is still dark, but the resurrection is happening. Even in the midst of despair, the kindling of hope is sparked.

John 20:1-18

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Easter, Blessing, Art, Hope

In the Breath, Another Breathing

Jan L Richardson | The Painted Prayerbook

Sermon Preparation or Illustration and 3 more types

Matthew 27:57-66 has us caught between the dying and the rising, holding our breath and hoping for release. We are broken as we always were, but feeling it harshly, and hoping to be whole.

Matthew 27:57-66

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Holy Saturday, Hope, Shalom