Lenten Journaling in Community- #12

                                               When From Death I'm Free

Hymn Journal - #12

We Will Rise UP!

Paper Collage

 Page to meditate with the words of the song.

Hope is such a theme for me

 in these readings and devotion.

Paper collage

 Coloring mediation page.

Watercolors and washi tape.

Art Design by Karen Hunter.

 Found the perfect page 

to go with this lesson in my stash.

 Thinking through the contrast of death

 and Victory in this two page layout.

Bulletin cover from Visual Faith Ministry.

 From the grave with the rolled away stone

 is the image of butterflies- 

the NEW LIFE symbol- Rising Up.

 Thinking about the NEW CREATION.

Visual Faith Experiment-

create the garden of those I love.

The Holy Spirit is working to create 

dimensional spiritual lives-

 transformed.

Napkin collage base.

Sizzix cut flowers for growing the garden.

Come Holy Spirit Come!

Make us NEW!

It has been a blessing to complete

 this Hymn Study and I look forward

 to the next collaboration 

between Next Step Press

 and Justin Rossow

 and the Visua Faith community.

Lenten Journaling in Community- #10

 Lenten Journaling in Community- #10

This Dust

The Hymn Journal-

When From Death I'm Free

What is Man?

That He could be mindful of me-

mere dust.

 Beautiful hymn This Dust by Kip Fox

with a refrain that stays with you...

 Because of this empty grave...

we have a new day.

As Jesus is raised-

 so His faithful disciples

are Raised up.

 Image by Karen Hunter

Watercolors

Singing this refrain.

The story is changed-

 we have victory over death.

We rejoice that we have this

 awesome gift of eternal life.

 Always makes me think of a favorite hymn-

Have no Fear Little Flock-

we have been given the Kingdom.

 He is Risen indeed.

There has been an eternal

 shifting the power over death.

 In these days of COVID19 we certainly 

see and hear that Death is All Around Us.

 Because we BELIEVE...

 we are NOT AFRAID.

The refrain goes on and on and on.

Death is all around us,

we are not afraid:

written is the story, 

empty is the grace.

Supplies:

Watercolors

Colored pencils

Stamps and ink

Alpha stickers

Junk Mail

Magazine cutouts

Napkin

 Hymn page
Bulletin Cover
VFM margin
Washi tape
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Lenten Journaling in Community- #11

Lenten Journaling in Community - #11

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

I always like the image

 of the cross and crown

 for both Christmas and Easter.

  Hymn Reflection page

Christ image by 

Concordia Publishing House

 Paper Collage

Reflection Page

                                                      Watercolor Reflection

Image by Ann Gillaspie

 Paper Collage

Bible Margin by Visual Faith Ministry

 Scripture Reflection

Job 19: 23-27

 Devotion

Image by Concordia Publishing House 

  Back of CPH image

An Easter bulletin cover

 Song Reflection page

Did some research 

on the history of this song.

 Written by Samuel Medley

 (1738-1799)

 Card added to this page to gather 

some thoughts for this 

COVID19 Easter for 2020.

Visual Faith Experiment-

 A "Secret Code " Prayer.

A space for giving thanks 

and being present.

This Hymn journal has been

 a blessing this Lent season.

 He is Risen!

He is Risen Indeed!

Alleluia!

Lenten Journaling in Community- #6

 Lenten Journaling in Community- #6

Thieves on a Cross

Good Friday

Hymn- Thieves on a Cross- Kip Fox

Image- Concordia Publishing House

Glory Be to our Savior

Glory Be to the Lamb

 The Stone Rejected

Paper Collage

 Hymn Reflection Time

Reflection page

Paper Collage

 Image- Visual Faith Ministry
Kristen Fittje- Artist

Scripture Meditation 

Bible Margin- Visual Faith Ministry
Image-Kristen Fittje-

Nail Image- Concordia Publishing House

Journaling Page.

Secret code graph paper prayer

 under the "cover" of the blood of Jesus.
Thankful for some
Good Friday Journaling time.

Resource:
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Lenten Journaling in Community- #5

Lenten Journaling in Community- #5

 Go to Dark Gethsemane

Maundy Thursday 

Back of Flip Out -

 Margin by Visual Faith Ministry- 
Valerie Matyas artist

Image by Concordia Publishing House 

Imaging a Hope that Transcends

Paper Collage with Poem

Coloring page- 

Ann Gillaspie Artist

 I added the words from the poem

 as I colored this page.

Paper Collage-

The Expert in Prayer encourages us in the 

 Power of Prayer.

Scripture Reflection page

with phrases added in the margins.

Conformed to His image- 

the Spirit does this work in us.

Hymn Reflection-

Saints Singing Their Faith.

Slow down your prayers.

Visual Faith Experiment-

Prayer Reflection time.

Garden of Gethsemane 
from one our trips to the Holy Land.
This has made every Maundy Thursday
so much richer-
to have been where Jesus spent this night.

Resource: 
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