I was doing what I normally do in the late afternoon: cooking dinner for my family. I was cutting up an onion with an 8 inch chef’s knife. I was holding it the way chefs teach you to hold it. A jolt of pain shot through my right hand. The knuckle of my middle finger looked […]
Online Class on Prayer for Lent
Registration is now open for my online class on prayer for Lent! It’s called “Focus on Prayer.” Together we’ll learn about and practice three classic ways of praying that will help bring new focus and renewal to your prayer life. I hope you’ll join us! No matter what background you come from something here’s bound […]
Treasure in Earthen Vessels (The Writer’s Inner Life)
(This is the fourth post in a series on writing an icon in the Orthodox Christian tradition. To start at the beginning, click here.) Once the lines are drawn and inscribed on the gesso board, I’m itching to get my brushes and add some paint. Not so fast. My teachers had a very specific step-by-step […]
The Lines of the Image (The Writer’s Inner Life)
(This post is third in a series on writing an icon in the Orthodox Christian tradition. To start at the beginning, click here.) If I were more advanced, I would be putting my own drawing on the board. I would work on a classical model, thinking hard about issues of geometry, style, and symbolism as well […]
Gesso on a Wooden Board (The Writer’s Inner Life)
(Second in a series on writing an icon in the Orthodox Christian tradition. Click here to start at the beginning.) It all starts with a white gesso board. No. That’s not right. The board is not actually white with gesso, ready to receive lines and paint, until the fourth step of the process. If I […]
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