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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…

Lent: Placing Pain

I. When you go on a week-long European trip, you expect it to be a certain way and mean a certain thing. But Italy didn’t mean anything I thought it would. We had only been there two days when the…

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…