random shareables
A painting based on Julian of Norwich's vision of the hazel nut. "In this vision he showed me a little thing, the size of a hazelnut, and it was round as a ball. I looked at it with the eye of my understanding and thought "What may this be?" And it was generally answered thus: "It is... Continue Reading →
This started as a doodle of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and then grew... Now it includes all kinds of women of God, some biblical, some from the church through the ages, and one or two who are still going strong now.
Got the urge to paint. This is the bit in John 21 where Peter realises that Jesus has forgiven him, and they're about to go and rejoin the others for breakfast.
I've wanted to do this for ages, and tonight I did. I took home some of the charred wood from the Easter Fire, and used it to sketch some images of the resurrection. Mary in the garden Jesus came and stood among his disciples and said, 'Peace be with you'. Jesus made himself known in... Continue Reading →
This evenings sermon doodle...
The Biblical Stations of the Cross - pen and ink
Westcott House is once again commissioning Stations of the Cross for churches and chapels across the city. This year, I have been allocated station 4: Peter denies Jesus. “And he went out and wept bitterly” Charcoal on paper Digitally manipulated print Peter’s betrayal of Christ is deeply personal, yet he... Continue Reading →
I don't write a full script when I preach unless I have to, but I love to preach from some kind of mind map or picture-word combination. As an experiment I neatened up one from last night to see if it would be a useful or beautiful thing for people to see. The result is... Continue Reading →
Psalm 8 was set for morning prayer today, so here are two illustrations for it - one old, one new.
