poetry party 34: illustrated!

King of Glory, King of Peace

King of glory, King of peace,
I will love thee;
and that love may never cease,
I will move thee.
Thou hast granted my request,
thou hast heard me;
thou didst note my working breast,
thou hast spared me.

Wherefore with my utmost art
I will sing thee,
and the cream of all my heart
I will bring thee.
Though my sins against me cried,
thou didst clear me;
and alone, when they replied,
thou didst hear me.

Seven whole days, not one in seven,
I will praise thee;
in my heart, though not in heaven,
I can raise thee.
Small it is, in this poor sort
to enroll thee:
e'en eternity's too short
to extol thee.

George Herbert, published posthumously in The Temple, 1633

remember this song!

plants installed

Without a doubt I wanted to show off the picture I made after our meeting...among other activities, I'm on the Landscape Committee of our condo home owners association. It's an amazing experience, especially because it's jarring to not open and close a meeting with prayer, and I sometimes get a little concerned that I'll offer to do so (haven't yet, though). Ten days ago we did a detailed walk-through the courtyard and front of the complex with the professional landscaping contractor (that may be redundant, given that pro and contractor both should have both experience and a license), and a week later at our membership meeting they kept talking about plants being installed. Plants installed? "Install" sounds like something you do with a computer, with software, with a sprinkler system, to a pastor(?!) into his or her formal role, but how about living, breathing, growing greenery? True this geography should be xeriscaped more than landscaped, but whatever—hope you like the image!

Wherever You Go...

although the 60% gray background is literally cool and I like the rest of what I've done, I'm thinking something a little more light and airy, maybe almost casual, might fit the text better. I'm also going to trace and scan the original bulletin cover again—really soon, I hope.

Revelation 11:17

a trio of digital versions of my analog original; here's the magnificent Christus Pantocratur ascription from Revelation 11:17...

[city] sonoran citrus!

My tweaks of Carla's beautiful photographs...

even the smallest...

...of creatures carries the sun in its eyes:
my interpretation of a phrase by Antonio Porchia I remembered from an old poster.

resurrection witnesses

According to Acts 1:22 the apostles are witnesses to his resurrection... and in the power of the Spirit, so are we in the contemporary Church. I've done a few other versions of these three banners, but if I blog them most likely it'll be on sun country living.

pentecost prayer power

Here's another kind of Mexican serape digital tweak of one of the banners for Pentecost 2007...

pentecost awe!

teaching and fellowship; breaking of bread and awe—living in the season of the Spirit's endless reign while anticipating celebrating the Day of Pentecost 2008...
Oh, I do realize it's still Lent; nonetheless, here's a newer version of one from last spring; I'm working on a few more of this basic design.

sing, heavens; shout, earth! Isaiah 44:23

streams in the desert – Isaiah 35:6-7

Colossians 1:17 - new!!!

Oh, I so love the cosmic Christ of Colossians, and here's a newly enhanced version of one of my all-time favorite texts and mega-fave graphics...

Father of night, day, darkness away...

Off and on for the past few months, I've been Photoshopping Bob Dylan's, "Father of Night," from his New Morning album.

birds, rainbows, loneliness, pain...

Father of love, rain, day...

Father of night, black, white, mountain so high...

cloud, time, dreams...

rivers, streams, grain, wheat, cold...