Spiritual Practices: Visio Divina
Visio Divina, or sacred seeing, is a type of prayer in which we allow our hearts and imaginations to enter into an image or a scene in silence to see what God might have to say to us. You can find out more about Visio Divina here. Spend some time prayerfully reflecting on the images below and listen to what God might say to you through them.
Visio Divina, or sacred seeing, is a type of prayer in which we allow our hearts and imaginations to enter into an image or a scene in silence to see what God might have to say to us. You can find out more about Visio Divina here. Spend some time prayerfully reflecting on the images below and listen to what God might say to you through them.
Vine-Cultivation
Vine-Cultivation, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29307 [retrieved May 1, 2021].
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Tree
Look at me, Lord;
with my arms spread out,
my hands open,
and my heart filled with goodness,
I am like a tree!
And I am even bigger
than the tree there in the wood:
because, Lord, I bear fruit in all seasons,
even in winter when skies are grey
and cold seizes the earth and its people
in an icy grip.
Look at me, Lord, I am like a tree,
and I say to everyone i meet,
Come and eat the fruit of my tree!
Come and share my smile
if sadness has brought you down!
Come and taste my forgiveness
if malice has enveloped you!
Come and pick my friendship
if fear has seized you!
Come and taste my joy
if misfortune has wounded you!
Come to my tree and help yourself!
Look at me, lord:
just as you asked,
I am a tree which bears good fruit.
Charles Singer
Look at me, Lord;
with my arms spread out,
my hands open,
and my heart filled with goodness,
I am like a tree!
And I am even bigger
than the tree there in the wood:
because, Lord, I bear fruit in all seasons,
even in winter when skies are grey
and cold seizes the earth and its people
in an icy grip.
Look at me, Lord, I am like a tree,
and I say to everyone i meet,
Come and eat the fruit of my tree!
Come and share my smile
if sadness has brought you down!
Come and taste my forgiveness
if malice has enveloped you!
Come and pick my friendship
if fear has seized you!
Come and taste my joy
if misfortune has wounded you!
Come to my tree and help yourself!
Look at me, lord:
just as you asked,
I am a tree which bears good fruit.
Charles Singer
Imaging the Word An Arts and Lectionary Resource Volume 3
Spiritual Practices: Keyword Listing
Keyword listing is a method of observational Bible study. It doesn’t require any special skills, tools, or training. You can read more about the process of keyword listing here. You can choose any word or short phrase to study using keyword listing. For this passage, we suggest the following keyword(s) to start your study.
Starting Points
Keyword listing is a method of observational Bible study. It doesn’t require any special skills, tools, or training. You can read more about the process of keyword listing here. You can choose any word or short phrase to study using keyword listing. For this passage, we suggest the following keyword(s) to start your study.
Starting Points
- Vine - Begin exploring Jesus' metaphor of the vine and the branches
- Branches - Continue exploring Jesus' metaphor of the vine and the branches
- Abide - Discover the application Jesus makes from this metaphor