Advent Visio Divina (Bible Study through Art)

Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30am, all are welcome as we reflect on scripture together! During Advent, we’ll use art as a window into the familiar scriptures of this season.

Come one week or every week as available/ desired!

We gather in the church library, or you may participate via Zoom. Click join the meeting.

Visio Divina (Latin for “divine seeing”) is a method for praying with images or other media. Scripture shows us that imagery has been an important part of God’s way of communicating with us, and we’ll use this time to review art and artist statements from our Advent series “Words for the Beginning” to seek fresh insight on the sacred scriptures of this season.

ABOUT THE “WORDS FOR THE BEGINNING” ADVENT SERIES:

Advent is a season of endings and beginnings. As the calendar year comes to a close, a new church year begins. Christ’s birth ushers us into new ways of living and loving; and yet, the world as we know it spins madly on. In many ways, pregnant Mary was surrounded by endings—large and small, personal and political. But Mary proclaimed hope in a God who was and is making all things new. Christ’s birth offered a beautiful new beginning for shepherds and Magi alike—all the while, King Herod tried to bring Christ’s story to an end. When we ourselves navigate seasons filled with endings and beginnings, we need reminders. We need words that can feel like steady ground, like a path for our feet to find as we step forward into the unknown.

We have crafted an Advent series filled with blessings, with the scriptures and reminders we need to hear again and again as we begin a new season. These reminders root us in the fundamental truths of our faith. Many of them are life lessons we teach to children—lessons that adults continue to learn and relearn. They may resemble the blessings we impart to loved ones during special ceremonies like weddings, graduations, or baptisms. And so, we invite you to move through this Advent season as if you are entering a sacred new chapter, holding fast to the reminders that will bolster you for the journey ahead.

As you journey through this season, may you find words for belovedness and hope. May you find words for beginning again. For no matter what you are facing, no matter what this new day brings, love is your beginning. LEARN MORE.