Category Art of Lent

The Art of Lent: Light

[EDITOR’S NOTE: As our series on The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter by Sister Wendy Beckett concludes, Kevin Antlitz reflects on the light of the resurrection glimpsed in paintings by Caravaggio. For more information…

The Art Of Lent: (Com)Passionate Sacrifice

[EDITOR’S NOTE: As our series on The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easterby Sister Wendy Beckett nears its end, Mariah Ziemer offers reflection on Good Friday under Sister Wendy’s theme of ‘Passionate Sacrifice’. For…

The Art of Lent: Greater Love

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Continuing our series on The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easterby Sister Wendy Beckett, Ewan Bowlby offers insight and reflection on the theme of ‘Love’ for the sixth week in Lent. For…

The Art of Lent: Confidence

[EDITOR’S NOTE:  Continuing our series on The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter, by Sister Wendy Beckett, Ashley Mowers offers insight and reflection on the theme of ‘Confidence’ for the fifth week in Lent. …

The Art of Lent: Joy in the Sideward Glance

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Continuing our series on The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter by Sister Wendy Beckett, Joel Clarkson offers insight and reflection on the theme of ‘Joy’ for the fourth week in Lent.  For more…

The Art of Lent: Peace

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Continuing our series on The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter, by Sister Wendy Beckett, Rebekah Dyer offers insight and reflection on the theme of ‘Peace’ for the third week in Lent. For more…

The Art of Lent: Contemplation

[Editor’s Note: For more information on Sister Wendy and The Art of Lent series, see our Series Launch.]   Our contemplative journey through The Art of Lent with Sister Wendy continues as we direct our attention and imagination to the raptured saints of…

The Art of Lent: Silence

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Continuing our series on The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter by Sister Wendy Beckett, Dan Drage offers insight and reflection on the theme of ‘Silence’ for the first week of Lent. For…

The Art of Lent: Humility, Rembrandt, and Goya

[Editor’s Note: In the second reflection on Sister Wendy Beckett’s The Art of Lent: A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter, our anonymous contributor examines the theme of ‘Humility’ and Beckett’s selected Rembrandt and Goya paintings, and offers a…