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Doves of Peace (Palestine paintings)

Irina Naji is an accomplished artist from Russia, who lived in Gaza City, and currently lives in Belgium. She writes, "All my paintings are pages of my life in Gaza." A brief biography is below.

She has nearly 200 paintings listed at https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-irina-naji Prints are available for purchase, and some originals, as well as posters and much more.

I like all of her paintings a lot; in this post I'm featuring a pair with similar titles and themes, plus a third one at the bottom.

1 Dove of Peace, 2024

50.000 x 70.000 cm

Paintig description: A woman with a calm expression holds a white dove gently in her hands, looking at it with an air of peaceful contemplation. She is adorned with a headband of vibrant oranges and lush green leaves, which contrast sharply against her blue and white attire and the swirling, abstract blue floral background. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dove-of-peace-irina-naji.html2

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2 Doves of Peace, 2024

100.000 x 80.000 cm. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/doves-of-peace-irina-naji.html

Both of these original paintings for sale. The images are also available printed on t-shirts, beach towels, puzzles, cards, andd more. Prints and posters are available for as low as $22.

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Irina Naji was born in Primorsky Territory in Russia in 1965. She has been painting since she was very young. From 1976 to 1980 she studied at the Arts School in Sevastopol, Crimea. From 1984 to 1989 she studied Fine Arts at Baron Stieglitz Arts Academy in St. Petersburg where she met the artist Maher Naji. In 1987 they got married and in 1994 they moved to live in Gaza, Palestine.

Her first exhibition with her husband took place in 1995 at the Ministry of Culture in Gaza City. Irina was amazed by the Palestinian aesthetic heritage and took it upon herself to reflect it in her art works, as well as the problems and needs of Palestinian people. She has participated in many regional and international artistic events and exhibitions.

Irina and Maher have four children, three of them were born in Gaza. https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-irina-naji?tab=about

Irina is a very prolific artist. In 2024, she created 26 new paintings! Follow her art at https://www.facebook.com/irina.naji

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Irina has painted quite a few mosques and churches in the Palestine region. Here is her "Church of the Nativity" in Bethlehem. I'm including it in this blog post because of all of the doves.

3 Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem), 2024

70.000 cm x 70.000 cm https://fineartamerica.com/featured/church-of-the-nativity-irina-naji.html

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From Gaza with Love (painting)

Rawan Anani is a favorite artist. Here is her new watercolor painting - "from Gaza with Love."

Watercolours 45.7x61cm

The tilting buildings in the painting represent the countless destroyed buildings. She is able to picture hope even within the chaos and devastation - a dove of hopeful peace flies above the destruction.

The entire city is pictured as being carried in a boat that is tossed upon the tumultous waves of life in this region.

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O God of all hope and peace, we bring to you the needs of our broken and hurting world. Our hearts are breaking with images of lives lost and torn apart by grief in and Palestine. We pray for an end to violence and warfare so that the challenging work of rebuilding may begin. Help us, O Lord, to affirm our common humanity so that in our differences we may build together for justice and peace. In Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Adapted from a prayer at https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/topical-prayers/prayers-peace-and-hope

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Rawan does spectacular art, see more at https://www.facebook.com/rawananani.net/ and https://www.instagram.com/rawan_anani_artgallery/

Her original paintings are for sale, contact her for information.

Rawan is of Palestinian heritage. She was born in Al-Bireh, a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) north of Jerusalem. She has been living in Beirut for some years.

Read more at https://www.palestineim.net/quality-paints-by-the-palestinian-artist-rawan-anani/

Excerpts:

I was inspired to paint by my father. I spent much of my childhood watching him paint in his studio. In my paintings, the Palestinian heritage is always present whether through the Palestinian folkloric dresses, calligraphy, Palestinian landscape or even by the Palestinian old houses. I also tend to focus on Palestinian women, symbolizing the land, productivity and resilience.

I’ve been living outside Palestine for 19 years now, yet the nostalgia to my hometown wins when I draw, my heart is dragged to this beautiful country, which is apparent through my paintings.  artwork is influenced by the places I have lived, visited and experienced.

I am presently painting old cities and villages. In every painting there is a story to tell about the richness of our heritage.

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Watch her give an Artist’s Talk (2020) in a 6-minute video at https://fb.watch/akOYSq25MR/

Read a (2023) interview with her, with a video, at https://emmyinthemix.com/rawan-anani-painting-the-colours-of-palestine/

The artist in her studio with the artwork ‘Jaffa’ 2023 © Rawan Anani

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Come Inherit the Kingdom Because ... (works of mercy)

Image of an undated poster created by Meinrad Craighead for the Kentucky Council Of Churches.

Matthew 25: 34 - 40

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The original poster has dimensions of 22 1/2" x 17 1/4".  Here's one currently still for sale. It has the bottom caption with the artist's name which is cut off from most of the images I see on the internet.

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"The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war: feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner. But we are destroying crops, setting fire to entire villages and to the people in them. We are not performing the works of mercy but the works of war. " -- Dorothy Day, written during the Vietnam War era, which she protested

The Corporal Works of Mercy

To feed the hungry To give drink to the thirsty To clothe the naked

To visit and ransom the captives

To shelter the homeless

To visit the sick

To bury the dead

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Spiritual Works of Mercy

To admonish the sinner

To instruct the ignorant

To counsel the doubtful

To comfort the sorrowful

To bear wrongs patiently

To forgive injuries

To pray for the living and the dead

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Circle Dance (Miriam's Victory Celebration), Israeli painting

Yoram Raanan is my favorite artist in Israel. Here is one of his recent striking paintings with his commentary.

Circle Dance Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 70 cm.

Exodus 15:20–21

Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a frame drum and led all the women as they played their frame drums and danced. And Miriam sang this song:

“Sing to the Lord,     for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider     into the sea.”

In the ancient world, women were the primary players of frame drums, one of the chief percussive instruments from 3,000 BCE to 500 CE throughout the Middle East and the Mediterranean. https://jwa.org/blog/fromthearchive/archive-woman-playing-frame-drum

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“Yoram Raanan’s paintings are a dynamic expression of the Jewish collective consciousness.” https://www.facebook.com/RaananArt/

He is based in Israel and has created many wonderful paintings. See more at https://www.yoramraanan.com/index

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"Worship Him" Conference, Egypt, Feb 21-22

Announcement from my friend Rev. Anne Emile Zaki:

Under the auspices of the College of Evangelical Theology in partnership with the Crazy Pastoral Council and the Apostles of the Nile Evangelical Synods, we invite you to the first "Worship Him" conference for worship in the period 21-22 February 2025 at the Evangelical Church in New Egypt.

The conference aims to rejuvenate church worship by equipping worship service leaders, studying biblical thought, and training on integral worship elements around the Trinity. The conference tackles contemporary themes of hymns, preaching, prayer, giving, and worship services for multiple categories such as youth, children, the concerned, the incarcerated, and the sick.

Friday 21 (10:30 am - 8:30 pm) and Saturday 22 February (9:30 am - 6:00 pm) 2025 at the Gospel Church in New Egypt

For booking and further enquiries, please contact (01200124775) or via the following link: https://tinyurl.com/4xu9hews

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The registration webpages are in Arabic, and the conference will also be in the Egyptian dialect of Arabic.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJ0hbZFET4IWE8SDmnuBtz-3RrizSGcNV99pa2_vdjAzPu8A/viewform

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... Wheels of Injustice ... (Bonhoeffer)

“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.” -- Bonhoeffer, 1938

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Artwork by Emmy R. Kegler https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155507019128418&id=9160248417&set=a.10150781122118418

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Designed by Ink2Inspire Prints availble for purchase in their Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/listing/1578535956/wheels-of-injustice-dietrich-bonhoeffer and https://ink2inspire.com/

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Art by SpaceInkShop in Lancaster, PA. Prints available for sale at their Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/listing/1235784229/the-wheel-of-injustice-dietrich

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Generación 12 - Dios Incomparable (Versión Mundial - 6 languages)

Generación 12: Somos un ministerio de alabanza y adoración que existe para conectar a cada persona con el corazón de Dios a través de una genuina adoración. Cada uno de nosotros estamos comprometidos en predicar el evangelio hasta lo último de la tierra.

Generation 12: We are a ministry of praise and worship that exists to connect each person with the heart of God through genuine worship. Each of us is committed to preaching the gospel to the ends of the earth. https://generacion12.net/

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Here's one of their biggest hits, with 11 million+ views. It's sung in Spanish, Portuguese, English, Korean and German.

English title: Incomparable God (World Version)

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They released their first music videos 17 years ago, and around 15 albums - see the list of albums and song titles at https://generacion12.net/acordes-y-letras/

They are based in Bogotá, Colombia. Read about the 11 members at https://generacion12.net/quienes-somos-2/

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The Un-Beatitudes + 'American Gospel' song

Congratulations to the entitled, for they grab what they want. Congratulations to the carefree, for they shall be comfortable. Congratulations to the pushy, for they shall win. Congratulations to the greedy, for they shall climb the food chain. Congratulations to the vengeful, for they shall be feared. Congratulations to those who don’t get caught, for they shall look good. Congratulations to the argumentative, for they shall get in the last word. Congratulations to the popular, for this world lies at their feet.

-- Roy Ortlund, June8, 2016 https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/ray-ortlund/the-unbeatitudes-2/

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An unknown person took Roy's words (without crediting him) and modified them into this meme:

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Jon Guerra - American Gospel (Sept 2024)

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Blessed are the powerful Blessed are the rich Blessed are the merciless And the hypocrites They will inherit the empires passing It's the American Gospel

Blessed are the superstars Blessed are the famous Blessed are the ones Who make their faces ageless They will inherit the magazine covers Of the American Gospel

Come to me those who have something to give Come to me those who are likely to win Come to me those who are ruthless and proud of it

Come pledge Come swear Come vote for the American Gospel Don't wait Come trade Your soul for the American Gospel

Blessed are the speech police Fundamentalists Blessed are the rioters Raising clenching fists They will be filled with empathy for all Except their enemies

Come to me if you would take up the sword A citizen honest, a patriot pure Come to me all who are willing to kill in the war

For country For culture And God and the American Gospel For yours Is more And more of the American Gospel

Blessed are the powerless Blessed are the poor Blessed are the merciful Blessed are the pure For they will inherit the kingdom of Heaven And that's the heart of the Gospel

https://www.jonguerramusic.com/

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Prayer of Lament for USAID (with thanks for Psalm 102)

A prayer-poem by my friend Rev. Maren C. Tirabassi .

Prayer of Lament for USAID (with thanks for Psalm 102) God, we turn to the psalms of lament hearing sorrow take place around the world, in our name. Places of education for young women in Afghanistan pass away like smoke, and programs that build resilience in Thailand and Myanmar burn. Feed the Future, Global Health, Global Climate Change, and Power Africa are withering like grass. Like a lonely bird on a rooftop are the sad songs of Uganda, and there is a drinking of tears, an eating of ashes in so many places – Ukraine and Ethiopia and Jordan, India, Somalia, the DRC, while the distressed who live between the Gulf of Mexico and the great mountain of Denali try to find the path of response for there are hearts stricken, across the world, and days are filled with lengthening shadows. amen.

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Rev. Maren C. Tirabassi is a United Church of Christ pastor who serves churches in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. She is the author of 20 books and a former poet laureate of Portsmouth, NH.

She blogs at ‘Gifts in Open Hands’ https://giftsinopenhands.wordpress.com/

Follow Maren’s writings at https://www.facebook.com/maren.tirabassi

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What Comes Next? Love Relentlessly (poem)

Author Diana Butler Bass simply said "Love Relentlessly."

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer developed it into a poem:

WHAT COMES NEXT by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Love relentlessly, she said, and I want to slip these two words into every cell in my body, not the sound of the words, but the truth of them, the vital, essential need for them, until relentless love becomes a cytoplasmic imperative, the basic building block for every action. Because anger makes a body clench. Because fear invokes cowering, shrinking, shock. I know the impulse to run, to turn fist, to hurt back. I know, too, the warmth of cell-deep love— how it spreads through the body like ocean wave, how it doesn’t erase anger and fear, rather seeds itself somehow inside it, so even as I contract love bids me to open wide as a leaf that unfurls in spring until fear is not all I feel. Love relentlessly. Even saying the words aloud invites both softness and ferocity into the chest, makes the heart throb with simultaneous urgency and willingness. A radical pulsing of love, pounding love, thumping love, a rebellion of generous love, tenacious love, a love so foundational every step of what’s next begins and continues as an uprising, upwelling, ongoing, infusion of love, tide of love, honest love.

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We Will Go to Bethlehem (Kokborok Christmas dance, India)

Kok Borok (Kókborok) is the native language of the Borok (Tripura) people of the state of Tripura in northeast India and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. It is spoken by 1.5 million people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokborok

Chandan and Agnes Debbarma sing a lovely Christmas song in this language. She composed the music and they wrote the lyrics together.

There is some nice dancing. English translation of the lyrics is below the video.

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Song Title: Bethlehem Kamio Chwngle Thanglainai

English translation of the lyrics: We will go to Bethlehem, Where we will see our savior Jesus on His birthday. Let us sing praises, Let us dance, Let us come to Jesus our savior and worship Him . The stars shone and the earth shone ...

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Lent Creative Guide of Scriptural Imagination

The Lent Creative Guide of Scriptural Imagination is here! This is a great collection of 12 exercises to help spark your creativity and devotional life throughout the season of Lent.

This Creative Guide for Scriptural Imagination is designed to support you as you create for the season of Lent. You will be guided through 12 exercises that lead you to welcome the Holy Spirit into your creative process as you interact with Scripture, poetry, artwork, and prayers. Each exercise will guide you in recording your own words, pictures, and colors.

When you complete all of the exercises, you will have a unique collection of Holy Spirit-inspired words, pictures, colors, prayers, and personal reflections based on the theme of Lent which you can now use in your own creative work.

Key Features:

BIBLICAL - All the creative exercises are based on Scripture to help you create from a solid foundation

DEVOTIONAL - Engage your Holy imagination as you record your thoughts and feelings in a prayerful way

BEAUTIFUL - Designed with beauty and care to help spark your creativity

ACCESSIBLE - Appropriate for artists of all ages, skill levels, and creative disciplines

PORTABLE - Perfect size to slip into your Bible, purse, or bag

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It's available on the website of United Adoration as a download or hard copy (USA shipping only), or on Amazon with global shipping. https://www.unitedadoration.com/shop/lent-creative-guide-for-scriptural-imagination/ https://www.amazon.com/Lent-Creative-Scriptural-Imagination-SEASONS/dp/B0DTGBJMXW/

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Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ: Eucharist in Times of War (new Ukraine icon exhibit)

Kateryna Haneychuk is an artist, curator, designer, and lecturer. She is a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine and the first director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Korsakiv in Lutsk, as well as the founder of the art studio "Art Cluster."

Her new exhibition is titled " Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ." It's on view at Iconart Contemporary Sacred Art Gallery in Lviv, Ukraine. Twelve of the icons are in the series with the title above, plus two additional which are thematically related.hg

The art is also featured in an online exhibition, currently at https://iconart-gallery.com/en/catalogue/#!/Through-Christ-with-Christ-and-in-Christ%E2%80%A6-by-Kateryna-Haneychuk/c/176512504

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Here are some of my favorite icons from the exhibition, with more information on the artist and the Eucharist as inspiration for these icons:

1 "Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ…" #1

Size: 30х30 cm, 2025 Medium: acrylic on glass

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2 "Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ…" #12

Size: 30х30 cm, 2025 Medium: acrylic on glass

Through the gallery, I asked the icon writer about the colors in this one. The reply:

 According to the icon writer, regarding the colors – she took the colors from the traditional glass icon. These colors, which surround us in nature, also symbolically represent the main combinations of the energies of water and fire, earth and air. Of course, gold was traditionally used in the backgrounds of glass icons as a symbol of holiness.

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3 "Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ…" #2

Size: 30х30 cm, 2025 Medium: acrylic on glass

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“Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ…” — these words come from the Eucharistic Prayer.

Once again, I turn to the theme of the Eucharist and transformation — a wondrous mystery of the cycle between spirit and matter that fascinates me. We dwell in Him, and He in us — a mystery we can sense with our hearts.

Today, in times of war, I reflect on the sacrifice of our people at the boundary of worlds: the civilized and the barbaric. Should we rejoice or weep over this inevitable path of suffering, which will one day surely lead us to the light through pain and transformation?  

Do all nations bear such a burden? Why have You chosen us? Chosen for transformation? There remains but one path — to lean on You. Like a vine… To open our hearts and believe. To endure all the seasons of loss and acceptance. To learn to live in the here and now. To trust that You will care for us as the Good Vinedresser.

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Kateryna uses an interesting technique to create these icons on glass. "First, acrylic paint is applied to the glass, and then the icon drawing is 'scratched' on the back. I compare the technique to 'scratching through the darkness to the light.' This is quite symbolic for me in our dark times. I use the language of symbols in both the images and colors, as well as in the technique. I am glad when my messages are interpreted."

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4 Christ the Vinedresser

Size: 80х80 cm, 2025 Medium: acrylic on plywood

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5 The True Vine

Size: 80х80 cm, 2025 Medium: acrylic on plywood

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This pair of icons represents the raw elements that become transformed into the Eucharist. The artist wrote, "The works explore the theme of Eucharistic transformation between spirit and matter."

6 "Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ…" #9 [grapes for wine]

Size: 20х80 cm, 2025 Medium: acrylic on glass

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A close-up:

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7 "Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ…" #10 [wheat for bread]

Size: 20х80 cm, 2025 Medium: acrylic on glass

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Icon writer Kateryna Haneychuk at the ehibition opening:

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Kateryna earned her bachelor's degree from the Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts named after Ivan Trush (1995) and her master's degree from the Lviv National Academy of Arts (2001). She also completed a curatorial course at SKVOT School (2022).

Kateryna is the author of 15 solo exhibitions and 10 curatorial projects, as well as an active participant in sacred plein airs such as "Nowica" and "Zamlynnia."

Her works are kept in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art Korsakiv, the Art Museum in Lutsk, the National Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Arts in Lavra (Kyiv), the National University "Ostroh Academy," and the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.

See more of her icons and other art at: https://www.facebook.com/kateryna.haneychuk and https://www.instagram.com/katerynahaneychuk/

Of the 14 icons in this current exhibition, 13 of them are still for sale at https://iconart-gallery.com/en/catalogue/#!/Through-Christ-with-Christ-and-in-Christ%E2%80%A6-by-Kateryna-Haneychuk/c/176512504

Icon writer Kateryna Haneychuk (on right) at the ehibition opening

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A scene from the gallery exhibition, so you can see the relative size of some of the icons:

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Red Sea Palms (Exodus painting)

Here is a recent painting by Yoram Ranaan, one of my favorite contemporary artists of Israel. He titles it "Red Sea Palms." His commentary connecting it to the biblical Exodus story is below.

Red Sea Palms, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 160 cm

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Artist's commentary:

The painting exudes the excitement and optimism of the people leaving Egypt. At the bottom of the picture are the figures of the people, painted in a raw red that suggests the earthiness that still clings to them.

This color modulates into more spiritual blues that convey the effect of a watery, ethereal moonlight shining through the trees and onto the watery pathway of the sea.

An impression of great depth is created as the figures move into the future. The majestic palms that tower over the figures seem to be exploding like fireworks in celebration of their liberation.

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Follow his art at https://www.facebook.com/RaananArt

and see many more of his marvelous paintings and read about the artist at https://www.yoramraanan.com/

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In the Manger (Urdu Christmas song)

WSE Worship Ministry writes,

We are excited to present our brand new Christmas song "Charni Mein" – a beautiful expression of adoration and devotion to our Savior, Jesus Christ, whose birth brings joy, peace, and hope to the world. This powerful worship anthem is performed by Sunil Samuel, Philimoon Ashiq, and Sara Sageel, whose heartfelt voices lead us in a journey of worship at the feet of Jesus.

English translation of the Urdu lyrics is below the video.

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English auto-translaion of the Urdu lyrics:

CHORUS: The Lord of Lords was born in a manger The King of kings

1 The angels shouted cries of victory ("Jai!") All the shepherds of the forest were frightened When they were told ...

2 The Magi in Bethlehem brought gold, myrrh and frankincense When it was said to them ...

3 Come, you also bow your head Let him reside on the throne of your heart He will give you a new life ...

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WSE Worship Ministry writes,

About the Song: "Charni Mein" invites us to reflect on the greatness of Christ and to bow in worship before His humble birth. As we celebrate the season of Christmas, this song reminds us of the profound love and grace of God, sending His son to earth as a gift of salvation for all. The stirring melody and anointed lyrics create an atmosphere of reverence, perfect for this season of celebration and reflection. www.youtube.com/@WSEworshipMinistry

Follow the ministry (in Pakistan) at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567702569186

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Deliver Us (Liz Vice song)

Liz Vice grew up in the Pacific Northwest in an African-American Roman Catholic family, tuning in to Top 40 and singing in the privacy of her bedroom. She set her sights on pursuing film production, and as a young adult, found herself drawn to a bohemian, evangelical community and its music.

She released her first album in 2012, and has appeared as a singer and co-composer on numerous songs and recordings.

She released her latest song a few weeks ago, and wrote:

In January 2024, I was approached by the BibleProject to collaborate with Brian Hall on a composition for a new translation of the prayer commonly known as the Lord’s Prayer or Our Father. While the piece Brian and I created together is truly beautiful and can be found, I felt inspired to explore an alternate version that aligns more closely with the sound of my upcoming record.

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Lyrics: Our Father in the sky, May your name be recognized as holy, May your kingdom come, Your will be done, As it is in the skies, so on the land. Our provision of bread, give us today, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive. Don’t lead us to be tested. (Deliver us) Your kingdom come, (Deliver us) Your will be done, As it is in the skies, (Deliver us) So on the land (Deliver us). Amen, Amen, Amen.

You can download the song FOR FREE via her bandcamp: https://lizvice.bandcamp.com/track/deliver-us

+++ Credits: Released: December 25, 2024 Produced by: Timothy Lefebvre & Liz Vice Translation by: BibleProject Guitar: Ferdinand Kirner Drums: Matteo Scrimali Keys & Bass: Roberto Di Gioia Recorded at: Studio Krause, Munich, Germany Engineered & Mixed by: Jan Krause Vocal Engineered by: Jack Ritter, LA Mastered by: Ludwig Maier Cover Art: Liz Vice

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Order My Steps in Your Word, Acapella Arrangement

Sam Robson lives in London and is making hit music videos with choral arrangements of songs, both sacred and secular, in which he overdubs all the parts. https://www.facebook.com/Samrobsonmusic

He sings up to 9 parts in this music video, his most recent release.

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Sam writes,

An amazing song written by Glen Burleigh I love this hymn's simplicity and clarity of the message and it was fun to reinvision the sound of the song vocally. The trickiest part for me was leaving the space in the choruses, I like to fill space with lots of movements and ideas but I wanted it to be spacious until the end!

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Lyrics: Order my steps in Your word dear Lord Lead me, guide me everyday Send Your anointing, Father I pray Order my steps in Your word Please, order my steps in Your word

Humbly, I ask Thee to teach me Your will While You are working, help me be still Though satan is busy, God is real Order my steps in Your word Please, order my steps in Your word

I want to walk worthy My calling to fulfill Please order my steps Lord And I'll do Your blessed will The world is ever changing But You are still the same If You order my steps I'll praise Your name

Briddle my tongue, let my words edify Let the words of my mouth be acceptable in Thy sight Take charge of my thoughts both day and night Please, order my steps in Your word Please order my steps in Your word

I want to walk worthy My calling to fulfill Please order my steps Lord And I'll do Your blessed will The world is ever changing (but Jesus, You always remain the same) But You are still the same If You order my steps I'll praise Your name