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A Test of Faith

By Ben Lima The Massacre of the Innocents is a test of faith. Taking place in the midst of the Christmas story, Herod the Great’s...

Esther

A sermon given at St Andrew’s Chesterton, Cambridge, Sunday Sept 26, 2021 By Bishop Graham Kings Esther 4:6-17 This morning we are pondering the whole book of...

In the Beginning Was the Word: A Reflection in Two Images

Two days before the shattering events of January 6 in Washington, D.C., I became aware of a painting called In the Beginning Was the...

Old Masters and Black Bodies

Using the tools of the old masters – grand canvases and oil paint, and fluently speaking their iconographic language – Ballon has moved Black bodies from the margins of the canvas to the forefront, portraying them as Biblical characters.

Norman Rockwell’s Realism: ‘Murder in Mississippi’

The painter of whimsical Santa Clauses and solicitous policemen turned to a very different sensibility at the end of his career, producing what may be his finest work.

They Made Me An Artist

For 21 years, this weekly ritual of faith, food, fellowship, and creativity has attracted homeless and housed artists of varying skill levels, as well as volunteers who help everything go smoothly.

The Joy Of Salvation: On Bob Ross As Evangelist

Evangelism isn’t about pamphlets and theories and door-to-door sales pitches. Instead, it’s living life from a place of profound joy and letting that joy be definitive and overflowing. For us Christians, that joy is given to us by the grace of our Savior Jesus Christ. To share it, we don’t need pamphlets and marketing strategies. We simply need the joy that comes with the story and living our lives defined by that joy.

‘Ruth’

by Graham Kings I wrote the following poem, ‘Ruth’, on Friday, July 5, 2019 at the Royal Foundation of St. Katharine, London, during a regular...

Crite Painting Returning to Cathedral

An Allan Crite painting of the Nativity will return to the Cathedral of St. John in Providence, R.I.

Rothko’s Emptiness

As in the traditional Catholic sacramentalism of the Stations of the Cross, Rothko’s 14 dark icons seem to focus exclusively on suffering.

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