A meditative series on St John's Gospel
April 2016
We shall be looking at Jesus' encounters with various different people though the eyes of the author of Johns Gospel, and the eyes of artists who have sometimes spent months or even years in meditation before communicating their insight with us...
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| Two Disciples a the Empty Tomb: Henry Ossawa Tanner |
Like Henry Tanner, who painted this defining moment for the author of John’s Gospel,
"He saw & he believed” John 20 v 1-8
When I first saw this painting it made me stop and think more deeply about Peter & the "other disciple"... Peter, as yet unsure what to make of the empty tomb, and his companion bathed in resurrection light.
At the end of his Gospel, this enigmatic "unknown disciple" tells us:
“there were many other things Jesus did; if all were written down, the world itself, I suppose, would not hold all the books that would have to be written !” [ John 21 v 25 ]
I have only chosen a few out of hundreds of paintings for these meditations...
...paintings that follow his meditative style of writing...
...contemporary paintings from artists around the world, as well as more classical paintings...
...so that we might stop, look, and take time
to meditate upon
some of the events recorded in this Gospel
Interested ?
then please email for details : janet@janetdriver.co.uk
we shall be a small housegroup, so early booking is essential !
