2019 Christmas Message
It was such a privilege to share this sermon after so many years on hiatus.
My heart was so full - as a result, the editing process was so painful!
(Yes, this is only the half of it. The full manuscript is available.
‘He Is Risen!’ — Easter Art
Recently I’ve been enjoying a free channel on TV: Makeful has 4-hour competitions to find the Landscape & Portrait Artist Of The Year - I’m slowly learning what the panel of judges are looking for - they might say this is a painting about nothing! Where’s the subject?? (That’s the point!!) Framing the scene: cold, damp stone = Death Subject: empty space = Resurrection Focal points: (near) burial cloth, (receding) cross... the horror, grief and darkness fades away with the dawn of Sunday: “O death where is your sting?” — see 1 Corinthians 15 Carving these words into the wood also etched them on my heart in a profound way this Easter: LOVE TOOK MY PLACE Joy created a diorama of Easter story — the cross and the stone sealing the tomb:
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