In “Eyes of the Heart” Christine Valters Paintner (2013) speaks of photography as a contemplative practice. To me that means that we need to train ourselves to “see”. To get a glimpse of Beauty, which in scripture, is sometimes another name for the God we seek.
I was in conversation with Jan Richardson today about this piece which ties in beautifully with our theme on “Eyes of the Heart” and “Seeing”. The title of this piece from Jan is “And Open Our Eyes to Behold Love’s Face”. © Jan Richardson. More images and resources at janrichardson.com.
I preached last week on the lectionary text from John: One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see. John 9:25