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artandtheology. org > 06/21/2026 > roundup-middle-english-summer-song-chasing-wonder-bingo-babies-added-to-male-statues-more

Roundup: Middle English summer song, Chasing Wonder Bingo, babies added to male statues, and more

1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (190+ words) I believe that when it comes to work and childcare, families should do whatever works best for them but that both parents should be actively involved in their child's upbringing and that fathers ought not to neglect the importance of…...

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artandtheology. org > 06/04/2026 > psalms-roundup-considering-lament-lucille-clifton-pentaglot-psalter-more

Psalms roundup: "Considering Lament" song suite, Lucille Clifton poem, Pentaglot Psalter from Egypt, and more

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (281+ words) My roundups aren't typically thematic, but in this one I've pulled together content around the Psalms'plus a link to my new monthly playlist, from which I call out particular psalms. To learn more about the Considering Lament project, read this…...

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artandtheology. org > 05/06/2026 > roundup-dissident-cinema-extreme-birdwatching-thomas-kinkade-hidden-vault-more

Roundup: Dissident cinema, extreme birdwatching, Thomas Kinkade's hidden vault, and more

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (272+ words) SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: May 2026 (Art & Theology) PODCAST SERIES: Dissident Cinema Marathon, Filmspotting: Over the next two months, Filmspotting, my favorite film podcast, is running a marathon on the theme of politically dissident cinema, exploring six films that confront authoritarian power and…...

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artandtheology. org > 04/28/2026 > playlist-funeral-songs-christian-hope-life-after-death

Playlist: Funeral Songs: The Christian Hope of Life After Death

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1179+ words) Death is hard. No matter your religion and its consolations, whether you're the one dying or you're saying goodbye to someone who is or has, it's often a painful ordeal. When my paternal grandpa passed away in May 2017, I began…...

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artandtheology. org > 04/15/2026 > roundup-exultet-rolls-sing-little-bird-biola-calvary-chapel-more

Roundup: Exultet rolls, "Sing, Little Bird," Biola's Calvary Chapel, and more

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (306+ words) Most of us grew up celebrating Easter Sunday like it was the finish line, the big, joyful mic drop: "He is risen!" But the church, historically, has never treated Easter as a single day. It's a whole season'Eastertide, stretching fifty…...

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artandtheology. org > 04/09/2026 > easter-day-5-then-so-soft

Easter, Day 5: "Then so soft. ..

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (388+ words) LOOK: Magdalene: The Tomb by Greg Tricker I learned about Greg Tricker from Sister Wendy Beckett, a nun who narrated several BBC docuseries about art throughout the 1990s. In the following Piano Nobile video from 2011, Sister Wendy converses with Tricker at…...

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artandtheology. org > 03/24/2026 > roundup-armenian-passion-art-messiaen-richter-good-friday-paradox-holy-saturday-more

Roundup: Armenian passion art, Messiaen and Richter for Good Friday, the paradox of Holy Saturday, and more

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (228+ words) Holy Week starts this Sunday. Per usual, I'll be publishing daily art and music pairings during that period (so, too, during the Easter Octave), but here is some additional art and music, and a theological reflection, for the occasion. You…...

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artandtheology. org > 03/17/2026 > roundup-christs-sacred-wounds-in-art-poetry-and-song

Roundup: Christ's sacred wounds in art, poetry, and song

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (286+ words) There are hundreds of creative works I could feature on the topic of Christ's wounds. Here are just a few of note. The same theme shows up in another late fifteenth-century English lyric in MS Arundel 286 at the British Library,…...

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artandtheology. org > 03/13/2026 > the-palmesel-palm-donkey-a-holy-week-tradition-from-medieval-germany

The Palmesel (Palm Donkey): A Holy Week Tradition from Medieval Germany

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (466+ words) Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. "Zechariah 9: 9 In German-speaking lands from…...

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artandtheology. org > 03/10/2026 > roundup-faith-ringgold-prison-mural-revaluing-women-hymn-writers-more

Roundup: Faith Ringgold prison mural, "Revaluing Women Hymn Writers," and more

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (460+ words) In honor of Women's History Month, here are a few creative works by and/or (in the case of Kinloch's "Some Women" poems) about women. Loewi, who has a doctorate in musical arts, has been an organist and church choir…...

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