The Gospel of John and the Art of Sally Beck- Part 4

Just hangin' out with Scripture and an image.

Thinking about the people involved in the story.

How were lives changed?

What was different for them 

after they "hung out " with Jesus?

How did their stories change 

after an encounter with Jesus?

How do I share my story and tell the Good News

 about time with Jesus?

Lord, lead me.

The Gospel of John and the Art of Sally Beck- Part 3

 Sometimes the simple lines of Sally Beck's

 work just point directly to the main thing.

I like working with watercolor pencils on these images.

 They are very forgiving 

and it is fun to see an unexpected result.

Just adding a few stamped spots

 adds a bit of dimension.

The lines on the sketches draw you into the story.

Sometimes the journaling helps 

to cement the time in the Word.

Each image stands alone as a study time 

and I love to revisit the individual pages of this journal.

The Gospel of John and the Art of Sally Beck- Part 2

 

More from my time in the Gospel of John 

with images by artist Sally Beck.

I love finding snippets of found things 

around the studio. Pieces of this and that.

The small collage images were actually

 made by Sally Beck

 and given to me with "some treasures".  

Loved pairing the two things together.

Using black and white papers as the base unites

 the whole work even though each page is very different.

More Sally Beck collage images paired

 with the John 2 reading.

Enjoying the journeys always....

The Gospel of John and the Art of Sally Beck- Part One

 Spending some time with the art of Sally Beck 

and the Book of John.

 I like to use more mixed media with these layouts.

 Here I added some left-over old fabric from a quilt block

stack.  At least 85 year old fabric. 

 Watercolor pencils are an easy way

 to add color to the images.

The images help the story to have more

 "presence" in my memory.

 

I decided to not be hindered to find 

these and work in "order" of the chapters and verse.

The basic page is set up and then as I page through, 

I just listen for Holy Spirit nudges

 for the "next" verse of the Gospel of John 

to marinate in and to pray into my life.

I am thankful to know Sally personally and as a friend.

I give thanks for her legacy of art.

The Gospel of Mark and the Art of Sally Beck-Part 5

Devotional Journaling-

The Book of Mark- Chapters 13-16

with the Art of Sally Beck

Some time for reading and reflecting.

An image always helps me

 to recall a take away thought.

Downloaded from the Visual Faith Ministry website-

www.visualfaithmin.org

A Little bit of gold outline

 for the Easter story image.

The Gospel of Mark and the Art of Sally Beck- Part 4

 

Devotional Journaling-

Using the art of Sally Beck 

from the Visual Faith website.

www.visualfaithmin.org

Chapters 10-12.

Adding watercolor, some colored pencil 

and filling out with Scripture surrounding the image.

Some scrapbook paper, washi tape,

an embellishment here and there.

Noticing some things I may

 have missed before this time.

Looking for spirit nudges 

of what I need to pay attention to right now.

Looking for places I need to grow 

or behaviors that need changed.

Thankful for some time to spend in God's Word.

 So grateful for this relationship that is such a blessing.

Daughter of the KING.  

The Gospel of Mark and the Art of Sally Beck- Part 3

Continuing devotional journaling

 with the images of Sally Beck.

The Gospel of Mark - Chapters 5-9

Downloaded from the Shoppe

 at Visual Faith Ministry.

www.visualfatihmin.org

Simply using watercolor,

 and a bit of colored pencil.

Then time to read the Word

 and reflect on the images.

Ways to connect and open space 

for the work of the Holy Spirit in my heart.

Come and join in!!!!

The Gospel of Mark and the Art of Sally Beck- Part 2

Catching up with my experiment

 of pairing the Gospel of Mark

with the visuals of Sally Beck.

 

Here are the images for Chapter 2 and 4.

 Some devotional time for each of the images.

All of these can be found

 in the shoppe at Visual Faith Ministry-

www.visualfaithmin.org

Working through these on the 21st of the month.

A small experiment in devotional journaling.

The Gospel of Mark and the Art of Sally Beck

 I have been reading the Gospel of Mark. 

I am always drawn to the images of artist Sally Beck.

 I decided at the first of the year that I would 

begin a journey in the Gospels 

and use the images that she has created that are on the 

Visual Faith Ministry website.

www.visualfaithmin.org

Every so often I sat and used colored pencils, watercolors, 

paper, and washi tape to slow down, 

pay attention and pray a verse of Scripture.

 The images are gathered in an 8 1/2 by 11 journal.

Last week as I was finishing up the first chapter of Mark,

 I realized that there was a pattern of sitting down

 to do this on the 21st of the month.

I didn't color the verses in order, 

it was where I was drawn with Holy Spirit nudges.

But, I do like the part of this being a practice

 for the 21st of the month.

You can see it took me 4 months to do Chapter ONE.

But, this time and reflection process

 does not have a time line.

I wait to see what the Holy Spirit

 does with this in my devotional life.

It really is a beautiful thing 

to not be in charge of the journey.

 I will keep you posted along the way.