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Gazing as a Spiritual Practice
Victoria Emily Jones | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Article about Artwork
In this interview, Victoria Emily Jones discusses how to help people of faith interpret, enjoy, and use visual art in worship and private devotions—especially Protestants who "are typically undernourished when it comes to visual art."
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Art, Imagination, Art And The Church, Ecclesiastical Art
Stations of the Cross at the SAAM
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Song or Hymn, Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones narrates the Stations of the Cross audio tour at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Artwork representing each station is accompanied by audio commentary.
Luke 4:18-21
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Christ, Way Of The Cross, Salvation, Holy Spirit
The Unnamed Emmaus Disciple: Mary, wife of Cleopas?
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Artwork, Article about Scripture, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones considers the suggestion that Cleopas' unnamed companion in encountering Jesus on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35) was Mary, Cleopas' wife. Art works are included portraying one of the disciples as a woman.
Luke 24:13-35
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Disciple, Emmaus, Cleopas, Wife
Wade Right In (Artful Devotion)
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 3 more types
Victoria Emily Jones shares three versions of the country gospel song “The River of Jordan” by Hazel Houser which recounts the healing of Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria.
2 Kings 5:1-14
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Baptism, Art, Jordan River, Devotion
Standing Together in Prayer
Victoria Emily Jones | ArtWay
Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones' visual meditation is on the illuminated manuscript "Book of Kells: Christ on the Mount of Olives," which weaves together Matthew 26 and Exodus 17:8–16 and warns against solitariness in our spiritual lives.
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Prayer, Christ, Disciple, Art
Whole World in His Hands
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 3 more types
In this devotional, Victoria Emily Jones uses Psalm 95:1-7 and an 11th century Ottonian miniature (c.1015) to reflect on the African American spiritual, "He's God the Whole World in his Hands."
Psalm 95:1-7
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Art, Christ The King Sunday, Reign Of God
Jesus as the New David
Victoria Emily Jones | ArtWay
Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones explores the dual symbolism of an illumination of Psalm 91:13 in Cassiodorus’s sixth-century Commentary on the Psalms. In it, David is depicted as Jesus trampling the twin beast of sin and death.
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Jesus, Art, David, Psalms
Adoration of the Magi
Victoria Emily Jones | ArtWay
Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones comments on Nanias Maira's "Ner Wiynmai," which depicts the adoration of the Magi (Matthew 2:1-12) in the traditional style of the Kwoma people from northwestern Papua New Guinea.
Matthew 2:1-12
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Epiphany, Adoration, Magi, Jesus
Marian art at Dumbarton Oaks
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones describes the history and context of six Marian artworks on her blog, from the Dumbarton Oaks Museum in Washington DC. These include paintings, sculpture, and tapestry from a variety of geographic regions.
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Art, Mary, Sculpture, Tapestry
In Gethsemane by Gloria Ssali
Victoria Emily Jones | ArtWay
Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones introduces Ugandan artist Gloria Ssali's painting "In Gethsemane." The bold brushstrokes and warm tones of this painting simultaneously suggest Jesus' doubts on that night and the divine energy of his act to come.
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Jesus, Maundy Thursday, Art, Gethsemane
The Proof: God’s patient “stet”
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Book Quote, Article, Poetry
Victoria Emily Jones presents and discusses Richard Wilbur's poem "The Proof," with the theme of God's patience and mercy. The proofreader's term "stet" symbolizes God's willingness to give sinners another chance.
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Mercy, Forgiveness, Freedom, Sin
Resurrection with a Red Balloon
Victoria Emily Jones | ArtWay
Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones offers a visual meditation on Polly Morgan's "Small Still Birth," a small, quiet image that gently evokes hope and resurrection.
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Birth, Death, Easter, Resurrection Of The Dead
Amalfi Nativity Fountain
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones describes a unique nativity scene housed underneath the water in a fountain in Italy.
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Christmas, Nativity, Water, Italy
The Shepherd of Sandtown
Stephen Towns | Global Worship
Artwork
Image of Stephen Towns' painting "The Shepherd of Sandtown," depicting a black shepherd carrying a black sheep in a depressed urban neighborhood. Commentary by Victoria Emily Jones is included.
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Allegory, Blackness, Poverty, Sheep
Graham Sutherland: Christ in Glory
Victoria Emily Jones | ArtWay
Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones writes about the tapestry of Christ in glory that Graham Sutherland created for the renovated Coventry Cathedral. Sutherland’s tapestry pulsates with energy, yet centers on the still, steady, loving presence of Christ Almighty....
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Glory, Art, Christology, Tapestry
Lord as Ladder of Perfection
Jyoti Sahi | Global Worship
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Artwork, Article about Artwork
This resource explores Jyoti Sahi's "Lord as Ladder of Perfection" depicting Jacob’s ladder from Genesis 28:10-22; it also references John 1:51. Victoria Emily Jones shares background and devotional reflection on this artwork (Luke 7:37-38).
Genesis 28:10-22; John 1:51
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Angels, Jacob (biblical Patriarch), Ladder, India
Let Me Know Your Roads
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Song or Hymn, Artwork, Article about Music
Victoria Emily Jones shares Pamela Greenberg’s translation of Psalm 24:4-5, Monet’s painting (The Sheltered Path) and an acoustic guitar song (“Heaven’s Gate”) by Dawn Landes and Piers Faccini on the theme of seeking God’s path.
Psalm 25:4-5
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Heaven, Art, Truth, Song
The Jonah marbles, third century
Victoria Emily Jones | ArtWay
Artwork, Article about Artwork
"Jonah Swallowed and Jonah Cast Up are multivalent Eastertide images that express both physical and spiritual realities, enfolding biblical history with Christian liturgy and doctrine and future promise," writes Victoria Emily Jones.
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Death, Art, Jonah, Resurrection
Christmas Story Art
David Popiashvili | Global Worship
Artwork, Article about Artwork
This resource shares images by David Popiashvili that depict the stories of the Annunciation, Visitation, and Nativity, as well as the Flight to Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15 and Luke 1:26-45, 2:6-20). Includes background by Victoria Emily Jones.
Matthew 2:13-15; Luke 1:26-45, 2:6-20
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Annunciation, Christmas, Nativity, Visitation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary
The Christmas Songwriters Project
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Song or Hymn, Article about Music
Victoria Emily Jones details the results of songwriters studying the infancy narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke as well as Charles Wesley’s Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord to compose compelling Christmas music....
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Christmas, Singing, Church Music, Christian Calendar
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