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Gazing as a Spiritual Practice
Joan Huyser-Honig | 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, Creativity

Biblical Folk Sculptures 
Annie Hooper | Art & Theology
Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones shares work by folk artist Annie Hooper (1897-1986). Hooper created painted driftwood sculptures of biblical scenes such as Moses on Mount Sinai, based on Deuteronomy 32:48-52, 34:1-5.
Deuteronomy 32:48-52 (+ more)
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Lazarus Of Bethany, Moses, Mount Nebo

Beauty and Joy in Paintings
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones reflects on the paintings of Alma W. Thomas, with many examples including "Three Wise Men" (Matthew 2:1-12).
Matthew 2:1-12
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Beauty, Burial, Joy, Magi

Mary, Wife of Cleopas?
Maximino Cerezo Barredo | Art & Theology
Artwork, 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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Cleopas, Emmaus, Wife, Mary Of Cleophas

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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Mary (mother Of Jesus Christ), Sculpture

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, Disciple, Community, Gethsemane

Ancient Tears
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Song or Hymn and 3 more types
Victoria Emily Jones shares two resources on Matthew 2:16-18: an artwork, “Antiquarum Lacrimae (The Tears of Ancient Women),” by Joan Snyder and a music video of “Neharót Neharót (Rivers Rivers)” by Betty Olivero. (Length: 17:22)
Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:16-18
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Bethlehem, Grief, Herod, Holy Innocents

The Proof: God’s patient “stet”
Victoria Emily Jones | Art & Theology
Book Quote, 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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Change, Creativity, Freedom, Mercy

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, Magi, Nativity

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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Maundy Thursday, Gethsemane

Unjustly Crucified
John W Arterbery | Art & Theology
Artwork, Article about Artwork
Victoria Emily Jones introduces several pieces of art that explore the connection between being Black and the crucifixion of Jesus, including themes of injustice, grief, dignity, hope, and liberation.
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Black, Crucifixion, Injustice, Women

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

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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Christ The King Sunday, Reign Of God

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, Christology

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, Christian Year, Hymn

Lord as Ladder of Perfection
Victoria Emily Jones | Global Worship
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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Angel, Jacob, Ladder, Dream

The Jonah Marbles
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, Jonah (prophet), Resurrection Of Jesus Christ, Types In Scripture

Emily Dickinson on Heaven
Emily Dickinson | Art & Theology
Artwork, Poetry
Victoria Emily Jones shares three poems about death and heaven by Emily Dickinson. Jones also includes a painting, "World Without End," by Seonna Hong.
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Death, Heaven, Immortality

The Shepherd of Sandtown
Victoria Emily Jones | 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, Black, Poverty, Sheep

Resurrection (Rupnik)
Victoria Emily Jones | ArtWay
Artwork, Article about Artwork
This mosaic by Marko Ivan Rupnik features a resurrected Jesus pulling up Adam and Eve from the valley of dry bones from Ezekiel 37:1-14 and is accompanied by a description from Victoria Emily Jones.
Ezekiel 37:1-14
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Easter, Resurrection Of Jesus Christ, Death
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