Lent 5: Love!
Apr
6
10:30 AM10:30

Lent 5: Love!

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
~John 12:1-3

Image: Copyright © 2025 Kate Bowler, All rights reserved.

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Palm Sunday: Living!
Apr
13
10:30 AM10:30

Palm Sunday: Living!

Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be handed over to the gentiles, and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon. After they have flogged him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise again.” But they understood nothing about all these things; in fact, what he said was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
~Luke 19:31-34

Image: Copyright © 2025 Kate Bowler, All rights reserved.

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Lent 4: The Boy Who Ran Away!
Mar
30
10:30 AM10:30

Lent 4: The Boy Who Ran Away!

Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the wealth that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region…
Luke 15:11-13

Image: Copyright P. Raube 2025, All Rights Reserved.

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Being Human Toolbox 3: Wisdom!
Mar
26
6:30 PM18:30

Being Human Toolbox 3: Wisdom!

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we no longer know him in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being!
2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Image: Copyright © 2025 Kate Bowler, All rights reserved.

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Being Human Toolbox 2: Second Chances!
Mar
19
6:30 PM18:30

Being Human Toolbox 2: Second Chances!

Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the man working the vineyard, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?’
~Luke 13:6-78

Image: Copyright P. Raube 2025

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Lent 1: Terrible and Beautiful?!
Mar
9
10:30 AM10:30

Lent 1: Terrible and Beautiful?!

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tested by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over he was famished.
~Luke 4:1-2

Image: Copyright © 2025 Kate Bowler, All rights reserved.

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Ash Wednesday: Being Human
Mar
5
6:30 PM18:30

Ash Wednesday: Being Human

As we work together with Christ, we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.  For he says,

“At an acceptable time I have listened to you,
    and on a day of salvation I have helped you.”

Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!
~ 2 Corinthians 6:1-2

Image: Copyright © 2025 Kate Bowler, All rights reserved.

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Unveiled Glory
Mar
2
10:30 AM10:30

Unveiled Glory

And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory…
~Luke 9:29-31a

Image: Hochhalter, Cara B.. Transfiguration, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=59300 [retrieved January 24, 2025]. Original source: Cara B. Hochhalter.

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Love Your Enemies
Feb
23
10:30 AM10:30

Love Your Enemies

“But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
~ Luke 6:27-31

Image: Love Your Enemies, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54226 [retrieved January 21, 2025]. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boojee/2929823056/.

Love Your Enemies: Part of a street art initiative in an Ithaca, NY, seen during a community Green Buildings open house. The Ithaca Green Building Alliance describes its mission as follows:

"We are a non-profit membership organization based in Ithaca, NY, whose mission is advancing environmental and community sustainability through building design, development, and construction. Members of the Ithaca Green Building Alliance include people from the building/design and related trades who are interested in learning about, sharing, and practicing or using greener building techniques and products." [from: http://www.ithacagreenbuilding.org/about-igba/]

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Reputation
Feb
16
10:30 AM10:30

Reputation

“But woe to you who are rich,
    for you have received your consolation.
“Woe to you who are full now,
    for you will be hungry.
“Woe to you who are laughing now,
    for you will mourn and weep.”
~Luke 6:24-25

Image: JESUS MAFA. The Sermon on the Mount, Cameroon, painting, 1973, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48284 [retrieved January 21, 2025]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact).

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Yes, You
Feb
9
10:30 AM10:30

Yes, You

Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
~Luke 5:1-2

Image: Koenig, Peter. Draft of Fishes,  20th century painting, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=58852 [retrieved January 21, 2025]. Original source: Peter Winfried (Canisius) Koenig, https://www.pwkoenig.co.uk/.

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We Are the Body of Christ
Jan
26
10:30 AM10:30

We Are the Body of Christ

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
~ 1 Corinthians 12:12-13

Image: Leonardo da Vinci, Uomo Vitruviano (The Vitruvian Man), ink on paper 1492, Milan, Italy. Public Domain, courtesy of Wikiart.

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We Embrace Our Gifts
Jan
19
10:30 AM10:30

We Embrace Our Gifts

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.
~ 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Image: Anonymous. Spirit with Sevenfold Gifts, 19th Century stained glass, St. Mary’s Iffley, Oxford, UK, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55828[retrieved January 17, 2025]. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/5827717752/.

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Baptism of Christ: We Trust Our Belovedness
Jan
12
10:30 AM10:30

Baptism of Christ: We Trust Our Belovedness

Now when all the people were baptized and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
~Luke 3:21-22

Image: Lauren Wright Pittman, Beloved, Inspired by Luke 3:21-22, Digital Painting and Collage, A Sanctified Art | @sanctifiedart.org

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Epiphany Sunday: We Let Ourselves Shine
Jan
5
10:30 AM10:30

Epiphany Sunday: We Let Ourselves Shine

In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east and have come to pay him homage.”
~Matthew 2:1-2

Image: "Journey of the Magi," from an illuminated manuscript, 1120-1145, Church of St. Godehard, Hildesheim, Germany; from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56279 [retrieved December 31, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albanipsalter_DreiKoenige.jpg.

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Christmas Eve: We Make Room
Dec
24
4:00 PM16:00

Christmas Eve: We Make Room

Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place in the guest room.
~Luke 2:4-7

Image: "Angels Worship the Christ Child," detail from a carved retable, Artist Unknown
St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Courtesy of Art in the Christian Tradition, Vanderbilt University

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Advent 4: We Sing Stories of Hope
Dec
22
10:30 AM10:30

Advent 4: We Sing Stories of Hope

And Mary said,

“My soul magnifies the Lord,
    and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on the lowly state of his servant.
    Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed,
for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
    and holy is his name…
~Luke 1:46-49

Image: “How Does a Weary World Rejoice? Copyright A Sanctified Art, 2023

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Advent 3: We Allow Ourselves to Be Amazed
Dec
15
10:30 AM10:30

Advent 3: We Allow Ourselves to Be Amazed

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
The Lord has done great things for us,
and we rejoiced.
~Psalm 126:1-3

Image: “How Does a Weary World Rejoice?” copyright A Sanctified Art, 2023.

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Advent 2: We Find Joy in Connection
Dec
8
10:30 AM10:30

Advent 2: We Find Joy in Connection

A voice cries out:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
~ Isaiah 40: 3-5

Image copyright “A Sanctified Art,” 2023

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Advent 1: Lord, We Are Weary
Dec
1
10:30 AM10:30

Advent 1: Lord, We Are Weary

In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was descended from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord. But they had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years.
~Luke 1:5-7

Image copyright “A Sanctified Art,” 2023

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Reign of Christ Sunday: Testimony to the Truth
Nov
24
10:30 AM10:30

Reign of Christ Sunday: Testimony to the Truth

Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
~John 18:37

Image: Ge, N. N. (Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich), 1831-1894. "What is truth?" Christ and Pilate, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55296 [retrieved September 26, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What_is_truth.jpg.

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It All Falls Down
Nov
17
10:30 AM10:30

It All Falls Down

As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”
~Mark 13:1-2

Image: Bauernfeind, Gustav, (848-1904) The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem. Public Domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia.

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Stewardship 4: Our Abundance
Nov
10
10:30 AM10:30

Stewardship 4: Our Abundance

He sat down opposite the treasury and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums.A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
~Mark 12:41-44

Image: Tissot, James, 1836-1902. Widow's Mite, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56665 [retrieved September 26, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Widow%27s_Mite_(Le_denier_de_la_veuve)_-_James_Tissot.jpg.

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All Saints Sunday
Nov
3
10:30 AM10:30

All Saints Sunday

When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus began to weep.
~John 11:33-35

Image: Swanson, John August. Take Away the Stone, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=58578 [retrieved September 26, 2024]. Original source: Estate of John August Swanson, https://www.johnaugustswanson.com/.

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Stewardship 3: The Faith that Makes You Well
Oct
27
10:30 AM10:30

Stewardship 3: The Faith that Makes You Well

They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
~Mark 10:46-47

Image: JESUS MAFA. Jesus cures the man born blind, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48383 [retrieved September 26, 2024]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact).

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Stewardship 2: The Impossible Ask
Oct
13
10:30 AM10:30

Stewardship 2: The Impossible Ask

Jesus, looking at [the young man], loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
~Mark 10:21-22

Image: Wesley, Frank, 1923-2002. Meeting with the Rich Young Ruler, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=59188 [retrieved September 26, 2024]. Original source: Estate of Frank Wesley, http://www.frankwesleyart.com/main_page.htm.

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