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...
