by Jen Norton | Dec 12, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from Psalm 43: 3-5 and speaks about not giving up hope and trusting in God even when the chips are down. We all have days that we just don’t want to face. It may be as trivial as not wanting to leave your warm bed on a cold, dark day....
by Jen Norton | Dec 9, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent meditation is on Ephesians 5:6-14. In this reading, Paul is warning the Christians that the moral norms of Ephesian pop culture go against God’s wishes and not to be swayed. They are now awake in the light and need to act accordingly. It...
by Jen Norton | Dec 8, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent meditation is from John 12: 35-36 (You’ll have to scroll down a bit. The link isn’t quite connected on that site) In today’s reading Jesus hints to his followers that he will not always walk with them on earth. Dark days are...
by Jen Norton | Dec 7, 2011 | Painting Stories
Our Advent art meditation for today is from Psalm 119: 105-106 A lamp to my feet is your Word, a light to my path. I resolve and swear to keep your just ordinances. A few years ago we spent part of our summer in Ireland with some good friends. For one of our...
by Jen Norton | Dec 6, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent reflection is on Psalm 27:1-4 One of the best places I know to “dwell in the house of the Lord” and “behold His beauty” is at our family cabin in the Sierra Nevada mountains. My grandfather built it in the mid- 1950s, and I’ve been going there...
by Jen Norton | Dec 5, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s reading is from 2 Corinthians 4: 3-6. Well, not really. I’m afraid I got mixed up and painted for NEXT Monday’s reading. Too late to re-do, so I’m going with it! We’ll save today’s for next week. Pope John Paul II once said, “As the family...
by Jen Norton | Dec 2, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent meditation is on Jeremiah 33:14-16 Today is bill-paying day. I have a hard time with this task, not because I can’t handle simple subtraction, but because it’s so dang boring, my mind wanders. I often find myself, pen in hand, realizing that 10 minutes...
by Jen Norton | Dec 1, 2011 | Painting Stories
The reference for today’s Advent Art Mediation is John 1: 6-9 John is introduced as a man sent from God to bear witness to the light that was coming into the world. It is clarified that he is not the actual light, but merely here to testify. If we continue on...
by Jen Norton | Nov 30, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s reading, John 1: 1-5, was much more comforting than yesterday’s. Yesterday was all trials and tribulations. Today is about the Light that outshines darkness. Thank God. Today, my darkness was time. I ran out. I needed more time, but I don’t have it, so...
by Jen Norton | Nov 29, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s passage for my Advent art meditation is Mark 13: 33-37. The apostle warns us “stay awake” and not be caught unaware when the Master returns. This passage comes at the end of a chapter on all the trials and tribulations to be expected in end times. I find the...
