Posts tagged visual art
Lent Daybook, 32: Stupor

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.

Look: The Waiting Room, George Tooker - Source

Listen: “Something to Believe In”, The New Respects - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 131, 132; Jeremiah 26:1-16; Romans 11:1-12; John 10:19-42

Pray: from Psalm 131

Do: Fast from spending money, and feast on giving alms.

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Lent Daybook, 29: Naked As We Came

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Look: Pennsylvania Coal Town, Edward Hopper - Source

Listen: “Naked as We Came” from Our Endless Numbered Days, Iron & Wine - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 31; Jeremiah 24:1-10; Romans 9:19-33; John 9:1-17

Pray: Collect for Fifth Sunday in Lent, Book of Common Prayer

Do: Fast from spending money, and feast on giving alms.

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Lent Daybook, 26: All Creation Groans

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.

Look: A Grove of 6 Women, Caitlin Connolly - Source

Listen: Listen: “In Labor All Creation Groans” from Lamentations, Bifrost Arts Music - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 69; Jeremiah 22:13-23; Romans 8:12-27; John 6:41-51

Pray: from Romans 8:26

Do: Fast from taking offense. Feast on acts of forgiveness instead.

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Lent Daybook, 24: The Desire To Do What Is Right, But Not the Ability to Carry It Out

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.

Look: Jonah Drowning, Caleb Stoltzfus - Source

Listen: “Still Rolling Stones” from Look Up Child, Lauren Daigle - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 97, 99; Jeremiah 17:19-27; Romans 7:13-25; John 6:16-27

Pray: Prayers of the People (Form VI), Book of Common Prayer

Do: Fast from taking offense. Feast on acts of forgiveness instead.

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Lent Daybook, 23: That Nothing May Be Lost

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.

Look: Prodigal, Charlie Mackesy - Source

Listen: “Wandering Boy” from Dark Matter, Randy Newman - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 89:1-18; Jeremiah 16:10-21; Romans 7:1-12; John 6:1-15

Pray: Collect for Fourth Sunday in Lent, Book of Common Prayer

Do: Fast from taking offense. Feast on acts of forgiveness instead.

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Lent Daybook, 21: Slave or Free

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the link to see the full post.

Look: Atlas, Jan Maris - Source

Listen: “Jesus” from Welcome to the Welcome Wagon, The Welcome Wagon - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 88; Jeremiah 11:1-8,14-20; Romans 6:1-11; John 8:33-47

Pray: from Psalm 88:1-2

Do: Spend 15 minutes in silence. Reflect prayerfully on the previous week.

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Lent Daybook, 20: One Man's Obedience

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.

Look: Second Adam, Bruce Herman - Source

Listen: “What Wondrous Love Is This” from Getty Kids Hymnal: Family Hymn Sing, Keith & Kristyn Getty - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 42, 43; Jeremiah 10:11-24; Romans 5:12-21; John 8:21-32

Pray: The Lord’s Prayer

Do: Fast from preconceived notions (judgments). Feast on a hospitable imagination instead.

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Lent Daybook, 19: Balm

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Look: The Good Samaritan, after Delacroix, Vincent van Gogh - Source

Listen: “There Is A Balm In Gilead” from In Bright Mansions, The Fisk Jubilee Singers - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 119:97-120; Jeremiah 8:18-9:6; Romans 5:1-11; John 8:12-20

Pray: adapted from Romans 5:20

Do: Fast from preconceived notions (judgments). Feast on a hospitable imagination instead.

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Lent Daybook, 16: Propitiation

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.

Look: Meteors, 2017, Nicolas Sanchez - Source

Listen: “Abraham” from Seven Swans, Sufjan Stevens - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 75, 76; Jeremiah 5:20-31; Romans 3:19-31; John 7:1-13

Pray & Do: Read, reflect, and repent with An American Lent (Week 3).

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Lent Daybook, 14: Authority to Execute Judgement

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.

Look: Christ of Maryknoll, Franciscan Robert Lentz - Source

Listen: “Stricken, Smitten And Afflicted” from Beginnings, Fernando Ortega - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 71; Jeremiah 4:9-10,19-28; Romans 2:12-24; John 5:19-29

Pray: from John 5:24

Do: Fast replacement symbols for language - emojis and social media “likes” - and feast on the language of lament and amazement instead.

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Lent Daybook, 13: All Hell Broke Loose

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.

Look: Free For All, Dan Wicz - Source

Listen: “Half Crazy” from Sleeping Operator, The Barr Brothers - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 72; Jeremiah 3:6-18; Romans 1:28-2:11; John 5:1-18

Pray: Prayer of Confession (Rite II), Book of Common Prayer

Do: Fast replacement symbols for language - emojis and social media “likes” - and feast on the language of lament and amazement instead.

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Lent Daybook, 11: Reap

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.

Look: Branches With Almond Blossom, Vincent Van Gogh - Source

Listen: “Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: IV.Presto” from Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1 , Chris Thile - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 56, 57; Jeremiah 1:11-19; Romans 1:1-15; John 4:27-42

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Second Sunday in Lent

Do: Fast replacement symbols for language - emojis and social media “likes” - and feast on the language of lament and amazement instead.

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Lent Daybook, 10: You'll Never Walk Alone

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.

Look: And the Darkness Has Not Overcome Us, 2017, Shin Maeng - Source

Listen: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Amazing Grace, Aretha Franklin - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics

Read: Psalm 55; Deuteronomy 11:18-28; Hebrews 5:1-10; John 4:1-26

Pray & Do: Read, reflect, and repent with An American Lent (Week 2).

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