Using image, fabric and handquilting, these icons tell the stories of women of the Bible, members of Janet Hagberg’s imaginary “Red Sea Band.” Reflection questions allow the viewer to make personal connections with the women.
He Qi’s art is a fusion of many traditions. In his works, one can find traces of medieval and Renaissance art, as well as the traditional Chinese crafts of paper cutting and weaving and hints of surrealism. Biblical events, themes, and images permeate most of Dr. He Qi’s paintings. His art brings a freshness of vision to old familiar stories and a reminder that God’s promises are both enduring and universal.
These rich days refreshed our souls and equipped us for a fresh articulation of God’s re-birthing.Barbara Brown Taylor and John Philip Newell, both treasured for their ability to illuminate with clarity and grace the questions and hopes we carry, weaved together sacred threads of the Christian household and other wisdom traditions as participants focused on the healing of God’s people and all creation.
Come awaken to these stories, and hear them told while walking the places where they reside, accompanied by a Mohican-American, a Lakota-American, and a Euro-American.
Christian Wiman was with Wisdom Ways for two days reading passages from his book My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer and engaging in a discussion with writers seeking to weave their spiritual walk into their work.
This retreat was based on Joyce Rupp’s latest book, Fly While You Still Have Wings. Joyce spoke about some of the topics in this memoir of her resilient mother’s aging and dying process: ancestral grief, living with regrets, letting go, the aging process, and the gift of faith as a source of strength in times of significant transition. The mini-retreat included communal prayer, a presentation by Joyce, and a group response.
This retrospective exhibition documents the images, photos, videos, paintings, costumes, and other media that highlight the work and experiences of WILPF and celebrate the 100 Year Anniversary of WILPF, the 20th Anniversary of the UN Beijing Conference on Women, and the 93rd Anniversary of the Minnesota WILPF chapter. Activities include: Daily programs, videos, events and artists’ interactions.
Participants explored hands-on stone carving and spiritual traditions from world religions, and how these traditions ultimately ground us in memory, home, and worship. Through integrated teachings throughout the workshop, participants discovered, why, around the world, stone is an essential element in matters of the spirit.
Through reflection, reading, writing, group discussion and ritual, participants joined Teilhard de Chardin in recognizing and reflecting on the mystic experience in their own lives. “…I have experienced it through contact with Earth,” says Teilhard, “the Divine radiating from the depths of a blazing Matter: This is what I shall try to disclose and communicate.”
Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ, taught participants the easy-to-learn multiple, simple repeated patterns process to create works of art: Zentangle! Participants experienced a relaxing and refreshing way of using repetition like a sacred word to tie them to the present moment.