This is by the Venetian painter Bellini. It’s The Madonna and Child from the Frari Triptych in the sacristy of the Church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice. An excellent commentary on this painting can be found at the blog Counterlight’s Peculiars, written by painter and art history professor Douglas Blanchard, aka Counterlight. … READ MORE…
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a website that views the Christmas Story in classical art. Well worth a visit!
There is an online Advent exhibition of The Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts called Seeking and Serving. “Consider the art in this exhibit as a meditative way to challenge yourself during Advent to not only worship Christ within the walls of the church, or the walls of your heart, but also to seek him … READ MORE…
The work of the Cathedral Docents Corp is largely a silent ministry – to be “a doorkeeper in the house of our God” (Psalm 84:10). Our aim is to hold the Cathedral open each weekday from ten in the morning until four in the afternoon, for any and all who wish to stop by for … READ MORE…
From the IMAGES OF PEACE ON EARTH art exhibit brochure: “Over a year and a half ago, my wife, Carolyn, and I visited the Peace Memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We asked ourselves, ‘How can we bring this home? How can we share the impact of the absolute need for peace in a world where … READ MORE…
I took this picture of origami cranes that were twisted into the rope around the memorial marker at Manzanar, the site of one of the internment camps where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War 2. In the background, you can see the sheer cliffs of the eastern Sierra Nevada rising up to 14,000 feet … READ MORE…
So much spins around us that many of us rarely, if ever, contemplate our personal vision. May I give you an excuse to do so here? Imagination is incredibly important in this because it sees more possibilities than limitations. So, set all those voices aside which say “No” and “Yeah, but . . .” If … READ MORE…
We value what meets our needs, hopes and dreams. In this is a key to building relationships and wholesome communities. People are drawn to those who discern and deliver what they need. We would tend to draw toward each other more if we all discerned and delivered what each other needed. Thanking one another might … READ MORE…
The Maycomb, Alabama dust settled quickly after the actors and audience left St Paul’s Cathedral chancel last night, closing the third and final performance of To Kill a Mockingbird, a production described as ‘chamber theater’ in which some of the actors read from scripts rather than memorizing the lines of the play which had been … READ MORE…
Last week, nearly 300 people crowded into the chancel area of the cathedral (where the priests usually sit during worship) to view a production of Christopher Sergel’s dramatic adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Many commented that they enjoyed the show and wondered how we managed to produce it. So, I thought … READ MORE…