Tag: icon
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Oak Trees and Icons

The Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year A, Proper C, Track 1—June 14, 2026 Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7)Psalm 116:1, 10-17Romans 5:1-8Matthew 9:35-10:8(9-23) Note: I apologize that this post is so late due to health issues combined with just being overly busy. I’m a city-dweller, and I feel that in my blood. But…
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When Theologians Have Pet Peeves in Holy Week
Good Friday, 2024 Pet peeves? Oh, I have plenty. But I won’t get into all my theological quibbles, or my personal tastes and distastes. I’ve actually overstated things in the title. It’s not click-bait; I know you’re the only person seeing this, dear reader. (Thank you!) Really, I want to…
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A Wounded Presence
In this post, I am sharing an article published in 2016 that had its start as a term paper for the class, Icons and their Audiences, taught by Rossitza B. Schroeder at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. Elaine Elizabeth BelzA Wounded Presence: The Virgin of Vladimir Icon Abstract: …
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A little Detroit in San Francisco
Despite my promise to return to my trip home, I had to write about this exhibition I just saw. So here’s a brief (who am I kidding, I can’t be brief) photoless post – you’ll have to follow the links to see pictures! Tonight, I attended the opening of a…
