The Painted Prayerbook

Here's a great blog: The Pained Prayerbook. It covers a lot of bases with very thoughtful reflections on the lectionary. It's worth a peak. Here's a self-description of the site:

With original artwork by Jan Richardson, this blog explores the intersections of writing, art, and faith, plus a few other things besides. Its pages include a weekly reflection on a text from the lectionary (the three-year cycle of readings that take us through much of the Bible). These lectionary reflections emerge from a process of lectio divina (“sacred reading”), the ancient art of praying with sacred texts, including the text of our own life.

The art pieces that appear with the weekly lectionary reflections are painted paper collages that Jan creates as part of the process of doing lectio with the texts. (source)

Doesn't that sound appealing? I especially commend it to you preachers out there, as her reflections make good sermon prep material.

-t