God and silk: the stewardship of smile
The bolt of silk on the lower left makes my legs go weak. The way the color shifts as the light hits the raw silk changes its hue from…
Stewarding our goodness- All Saints
This marble carving of a girl is the baptismal font in a church in Rome whose patroness lost her child to death at this age. This is a sculpture of…
Halloween: a dead nun under glass
Although things like this in churches kinda freak me out, it seems rather halloween-ey today, so the image arrests me when I wander my collection of photos from trips…
the stewardship of friendship
In the days when cities were filled with brown and grey buildings, it was important that the church door was red. The Sanctuary Laws were such that if a…
transfiguration of the day
When I look at this icon from a church in Rome, I am reminded of God and Adam in the celieng paintings by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. That famous…
the stewardship of our suffering
My formation was in a Dutch Reformed school and so the notion of crucifix and candle was hard for me to digest. I was and still am rather low church…
the stewardship of our hope
Yesterday I had a transcendent conversation with a friend. She is wise and kind and authentic - all ingredients of such a conversation. She said that we must simply be…
the stewarship of whisperings, lookings and wonderings
These are salt dishes I made for a company in Montreal with which I fell in love as I was strolling along the Plateau district. The store sold nothing but…
the stewardship of simplicity
Simplicity is nott he same as scarcity. They are often confused in our society. Simplicity such as having a bit of cheese and a good piece of fruit for…
the stewardship of our self-offering
The great masterpiece of the spiritual life is being awake. We all keep looking for that spiritual master who will enlighten us but the great masters of the…