Resources on Victoria Emily Jones

Victoria Emily Jones | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

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

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

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

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

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 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

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