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Christmas in the Great Hall
Every year the Saint John’s community cuts a large evergreen tree from its Arboretum to install in the Great Hall. Students, faculty, staff, monastics, and family members alike have often wondered,...
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Peacemaker Priest Still Missing in Syria
Deir Mar Musa Christians in Syria have been gravely affected by the country’s ongoing conflict. Most recently, 12 Greek Orthodox nuns from the Mar Takla convent in the Aramaic-speaking Christian...
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Letters of Love
Arabic script calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing, using the letters of the Arabic alphabet. This art form is also known as Islamic calligraphy, because it was first developed to write the...
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A Painting, a Parable, and My Friend, Henri Nouwen
The parable of the prodigal son that appears in Luke’s gospel has been popularly depicted in a wide variety of media. From medieval paintings and English morality plays to an opera by Benjamin Britten...
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The Art of The Saint John’s Bible, Part One
Susan Sink is a poet and writer, and her most recent book, The Art of The Saint John’s Bible: The Complete Reader’s Guide explores the art and theology behind The Saint John’s Bible, a hand-written,...
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The Art of The Saint John’s Bible, Part Two
This week we continue our interview with Susan Sink, author of The Art of The Saint John’s Bible: The Complete Reader’s Guide (check out Part One). In Part Two Susan talks about the script, design...
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Sing of the World Made New, Part One
In July of 2014, Jeffery Rowthorn and Russell Schulz-Widmar published a hymnal, Sing of the World Made New—Hymns of Justice, Peace and Christian Responsibility. This ecumenical, justice-focused...
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Sing of the World Made New, Part Two
In Part Two of this interview, Jeffery Rowthorn discusses the process of producing a hymnal. Read Part One. What is involved in the process of putting together a new hymnal? The process of putting...
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