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ISSUE No. 64 |  DECEMBER 2O25

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ISSUE No. 64 | DECEMBER 2025

WELCOME

If you’re new to CULTIVARE we welcome you!  CULTIVARE is a monthly field guide for life and faith, brought to you by TEND.  Each month we explore a specific “field” – a topic or theme through which we seek to cultivate contemplation, engagement, and deeper understanding. Our guiding questions are:

What are you cultivating in your life?

What fruit do you want your life to bear?

Each issue of CULTIVARE is structured into three parts:

Cultivate:  Examines a specific “Field” or facet of life and offers questions to unearth and challenge our held perspective; along with concise kernels of truth which we call “Seeds.”

 

Irrigate:  Explores the ways we nurture our understanding, which varies from individual to individual. We offer six means of irrigation:  Art, Poetry, Profile, Film, Essay, and Books.

 

Germinate: Encourages practical ways to engage in becoming more fruitful and free in our lives.  

Our name, CULTIVARE, in Spanish means “I will cultivate.” We hope each issue of our field guide will encourage you to do just that – cultivate new thoughts, actions, faith, hope, and fruitful living.  We invite you to dig in and DIG DEEP!

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FIELD

For we are partners working together for God, and you are God's field.

(I Corinthians 3:9)

Our theme this month is AWE. Can you remember the first time you were captured by awe? My earliest memory of awe occurred in kindergarten on the day my lima bean seed germinated and peeked through the soil in the Dixie cup. I was awed that first day and continued to be awed every day it kept on sprouting.

 

My experiences of awe have grown tremendously since my early years. There’s nothing like the sight of a canopy of stars while camping or the view of majestic mountains or coastal beauty. I have found architectural wonders particularly awe-inspiring, be it the great pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India, or La Sagrada Familia in Spain. And I continue to be awed by the birth of a child, the love of family and friends, the grace and goodness of a stranger. How about you? What has generated awe in your life experience?

 

Dictionary.com defines “awe” as: an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like. In this issue we offer a variety of resources we hope will deepen your understanding and experience of awe.  We spotlight Handel’s masterpiece Messiah and the documentary film Blue Planet II.  We feature an essay entitled C.S. Lewis and the Region of Awe. And our Profile of the month is none other than The Creator. Yes, you read that right, THE CREATOR!

 

In this season of Advent, as we await and celebrate the birth of Christ, may your soul be caught up in the awe-inspiring goodness, grace, and boundless generosity of God’s gifts—chief among them, Christ himself. May your heart be stirred by the music of the season, the beauty of shared moments, and the hush of holy miracles. And may God’s Spirit move within you in fresh and surprising ways, until you too can echo the psalmist’s cry: “Those who dwell at the ends of the earth stand in awe of your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy (Psalm 65:8 ESV). (DG)

 

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Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, 

awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?  (Exodus 15:11 ESV)

 

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” 

 (Isaiah 6:1-5 NIV)

Back in the boat, Jesus and the disciples recrossed the sea to Jesus’ hometown. They were hardly out of the boat when some men carried a paraplegic on a stretcher and set him down in front of them. Jesus, impressed by their bold belief, said to the paraplegic, “Cheer up, son. I forgive your sins.” Some religion scholars whispered, “Why, that’s blasphemy!” Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said, “Why this gossipy whispering? Which do you think is simpler: to say, ‘I forgive your sins,’ or, ‘Get up and walk’? Well, just so it’s clear that I’m the Son of Man and authorized to do either, or both. . . .” At this he turned to the paraplegic and said, “Get up. Take your bed and go home.” And the man did it. The crowd was awestruck, amazed and pleased that God had authorized Jesus to work among them this way. (Matthew 9:1-8 MSG)

And awe came upon every soul, 

and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 

(Acts 2:43 ESV)

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SEEDS

A handful of quotes to contemplate and cultivate into your life

 

Awe is the proper response to the One who made the universe and yet stoops to know and love us. (Elisabeth Elliot)

 

To live in awe of God’s love is to be liberated from the need to control. (Brennan Manning)

 

I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge or Virtue or Goodness or Victory but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe! (Nikos Kazantzakis)

 

Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement… get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

(Abraham Joshua Heschel)

 

In the original language, “Fear the Lord” doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him. (Timothy Keller)

 

We teach children how to measure and how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe. (Harold S. Kushner)

 

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. (John Milton)

 

The view of Earth is absolutely spectacular, and the feeling of looking back and seeing your planet as a planet is just an amazing feeling. It’s a totally different perspective, and it makes you appreciate, actually, how fragile our existence is. (Sally Ride) 

It is only when we see ourselves in the light of God’s majesty that we are awed into humility. (John Stott)

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ART

Artist of the Month 

Handel’s “Hallelujah”

By Olivia Mather

 I felt glad I was alone, it was like watching a thunderstorm, 

or hearing a chorus of the Messiah in full orchestra. 

(Charles Darwin, upon approaching Piuquenes Pass in the Andes Mountains) 

 

The composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) is perhaps best-known for his multi-song choral work, Messiah. American and British choral groups routinely perform it in whole or in part during Advent, sometimes in “singalong” format. Messiah boasts the solo arias “Ev’ry valley shall be exalted” and “I know that my redeemer liveth,” but its most famous pieces are the rousing choruses “For unto us a child is born” and “Hallelujah,” the latter of which has achieved household-fame status and is commonly called “the Hallelujah chorus.”

 

“Hallelujah” moves us because of its overwhelming sonic force from the beginning of the piece; listeners don’t have to wait for the most important part. When the singers come in, it’s at full volume and in widely-spaced four-part harmony on an exclamatory word, a word of all-at-once praise and resolution. The word “hallelujah” means “praise God,” an appropriate response in the face of the sublime or supernatural. Handel’s setting is therefore a musical version of a community saying “wow.” Modern performances with their hundreds of choristers create an experience that can only be called “awesome” while enticing us to sing along in our best mock operatic voice. That Messiah is not an opera doesn’t matter; it sounds operatic, and therefore dramatic. The drama, overwhelm, and “bigness” are part of what makes it fun—we are witnessing and/or participating in something enormous. 

 

Messiah’s original performance in 1742 employed only 50 musicians total, including instrumentalists in the orchestra. Nineteenth-century performances swelled to choruses of 600 singers (Boston, 1865) and 2,000 (London, 1857), emphasizing the grandeur increasingly associated with the piece. It’s impossible to know what Handel would have thought, though he certainly would have appreciated the sense of spectacle. Messiah is an oratorio, a piece of music akin to opera, but without staging, costumes, or acting. Oratorios usually take a biblical story, often from the Old Testament, and set it to a series of songs. The songs vary in type, whether for chorus or for a vocal soloist (soprano, alto, tenor, or bass). The variety of songs and the telling of a story mirror the dramatic narrative of opera. Handel was the greatest opera composer in London during the 1730s but couldn’t stage operas during Lent due to church prohibitions on public extravaganza. With their religious themes and lack of props, scenery, and costumes, oratorios could satisfy both legal requirements and the public’s demand for big musical performances. The music of oratorios didn’t have to sound solemn or penitential, it could embody joy and glory. 

 

In his recent work on the psychology of awe, UC Berkeley professor Dacher Keltner identifies eight different types of awe, one of which is the feeling of group energy while in a crowd at an event like a concert or sporting event. He calls this “collective effervescence.” Large-scale modern performances of Handel’s “Hallelujah” elicit this feeling; we are thrust into a shared experience of largesse and physical sensations of sound on our bodies. And then there’s the tradition of standing while it’s played and the sound of hundreds of people rising from their seats during the instrumental introduction (lasting about 10 seconds) just in time for the majestic entrance of the chorus—even Scrooge might get goosebumps. 

 

We don’t have to be in the presence of others to pause and wonder at music. Charles Darwin’s experience when crossing the Andes mountains in South America stirred a sense of awe and wonder in him that he compared to hearing Messiah. Yet he was relieved to be alone (or at least only with a few others) when wondering at the Andes. Was he so awestruck as to feel vulnerable? Was it an experience of the sublime? It’s hard to know, but it seems that he held feelings for Handel’s work that he might rather address in private. 


What happens in our hearts when we let ourselves be affected by music, especially during Advent? It’s easy to become cynical about all the Christmas songs surrounding us wherever we go; we feel we’ve heard it all before. Yet with open ears and hearts we invite the possibility of being “wowed” by special moments, and perhaps by surprise (another kind of awe!). 

You can view a performance of “Hallelujah” at the Sydney Opera House here: View Now

As another inspiring example of musical awe, we offer this short video: View Now

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POETRY

Advent

By Suzanne Underwood Rhodes

Through the needle’s eye
the rich man came
squeezing through stars of razor light
that pared his body down to thread.
Gravity crushed his heart’s chime
and his breath that breathed out worlds
now flattened as fire between walls,
the impossible slit stripped him
admitting him
to stitch the human breach.

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PROFILE

The Creator 

By Bonnie B. Fearer

To be in awe is to be hushed in humility before mystery, overwhelmed with wonder, and sometimes it is—in our smallness—to be a bit frightened when faced with benevolent Power. It is, in a word, to be gobsmacked. Consequently, the challenge in this issue has been to appropriately profile one who either embodies or inspires this kind of awe. All human candidates obviously come up short, so we decided to profile the source of all mystery, wonder, power and beauty—our Creator.

 

In Genesis we’re told that God first “created order out of chaos,” and scientists have been trying to decipher and explain the depths of that order ever since. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the order God ordained in creation is that it’s not linear, but full of multiple dimensions and intricate interconnectedness. Consider three things in creation that exemplify this:

 

  1. The Fibonnaci sequence: This mathematical sequence is a series of numbers where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones (e.g., 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...). From the very smallest things in creation to the most vast, the Fibonnaci sequence is evident in the double helix spirals of the DNA molecule, in the way petals are arranged around a flower, in the chambers of a nautilus, in the branches spiraling out from the trunk of a tree, in the spinning spiral of hurricanes, and in the rotating galaxies of our universe. 

  2. The building block of life, the cell: In the image below, we see a 3D computer illustration of a eukaryotic cell, a cell found in humans but also in animals, plants, and fungi. Every cell contains its own universe, its parts interconnected and interdependent. The image shows the DNA nucleus, mitochondria, cytoplasm, and organelles (a subunit within a cell that perform specific functions, similar to how an organ works in the body). The intricacies are astounding. View Now

  3. The Universe beyond our comprehension: Advances in space exploration and telescopic images have given us a peek behind our galaxy to reveal such wonders as the birthplace of stars. Consider this image of a star being “birthed” in the constellation Scorpius, 5,500 light years away from earth. View Now 
    Or this image of the Carina Nebula. This stunning view is located about 7,500 light-years from Earth. Nicknamed the "cosmic cliffs," it is essentially a nursery for young stars, some of them several times larger than our own Sun. View Now

 

As we consider these things, the creation account in Genesis seems vastly understated. God creates day, night, moon, stars and sun, the seas, the dry land, the animals and, finally, humankind. But the story is told with an almost matter-of-fact brevity. It isn’t until the book of Job that we are ushered into a worshipful awe at God’s creation. When Job calls God to give an account of Himself (because of Job’s personal suffering), God thunders his response. He doesn’t answer Job’s question; instead, He points to his own lordship over creation. Over 2 chapters, God says, 

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?... Have you ever given orders for the morning or shown the dawn its place?…Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?…What is the way to the abode of light? And where does the darkness reside? Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings?…Have you entered the storehouses of snow…what is the way to the place where lightning is dispersed or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth …Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt? Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs? Do you know the laws of the heavens...?”  

 

And on it goes as he parades the whole creation of the animal kingdom in front of Job, asking how much Job really knows about God’s work of creation.  

 

And how much do we really know? More and more, scientists from multiple disciplines are starting to see that the evidentiary rules of scientific explanation of the origins of the universe are limited, that there may be, after all, an Intelligent Designer behind this blue jewel we inhabit—all that it contains, and far, far beyond. In the words of Francis Collins, director of the Human Genome Project, “The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. He can be worshipped in the cathedral or in the laboratory. His creation is majestic, awesome, intricate, and beautiful.”

 

And maybe, at the end of all our curiosity and scientific discoveries, this is where we arrive: Worshipful awe…Completely gobsmacked.

 

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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made” (John 1:1-3 NKJV)

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FILM

Each month we recommend films focused on our theme

Feature Film

Arrival

(2016)

 

A dozen peculiar spacecrafts have appeared around the Earth and sent out a mysterious message, and it’s up to linguistics professor Louise and an elite military team to interpret the signal and send one back before a global war breaks out. Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Academy Award nominees Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner and Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker. Nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture and winner of Best Achievement in Sound Editing. Available on various streaming services.

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Documentary Film

Blue Planet II 

(2018)

 

A follow-up to the 2001 award-winning show The Blue Planet, this natural history series sees Sir David Attenborough return as narrator and host. A breathtaking exploration of the world's vast oceans, seven (7) hourlong episodes capture animals and other living organisms in their natural habitat, presenting viewers with a fascinating insight into what life is like underwater. From tropical seas to the harsh conditions of the Arctic, the makers of Blue Planet II use modern filming equipment and techniques to shine a light on areas of the planet that humans have never seen before. Available on various streaming services.

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Short Film

Jason Silva: Shots of Awe

(3 minutes)

 

What happens when we get out of our comfort zone and step into awe? A timeless conversation with Jason Silva about breaking free from routine and allowing ourselves to be more present in the pursuit of our true self. Curiosity or wonder is infinite. Psychologist Nicholas Humphrey has proposed that our ability to awe was biologically selected because it imbues our lives with a sense of cosmic significance that has resulted in a species that works harder not just to survive but to flourish and thrive.

View Now


 

Ted Talk

The Power of Feeling Small: 

How Awe and Wonder Sustain Us

(14 minutes)

 

In a time of personal heartbreak and sickness, author and journalist Julia Baird took-up ocean swimming and found that the connection to nature provided an incredible capacity to heal and to calm. Blending science research and personal experience, in this talk Julia makes a case for the importance of experiencing awe and wonder, and the transformative effects of feeling small.

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ESSAY

C.S. Lewis and the Region of Awe

By David C. Downing

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In this article from Conversatio, english professor David Downing reflects on the life and writings of author C.S. Lewis and his insights into the connection between awe, Christian mysticism, and spiritual formation.  As Downing observes:

Generally, Lewis did not highlight his interest in Christian mysticism. He knew that many of his fellow believers misunderstood or mistrusted claims of personal encounters with the Divine, and he studiously tried to avoid topics that separate Christians, focusing instead on beliefs they can celebrate together. But a survey of Lewis’s letters, theological meditations, and words of fiction show that the spiritual vitality of his books derives, in no small measure, from his own mystical intuitions and his broad reading in Christian mysticism. . .Mysticism is an elastic term, one whose precise meaning is still debated among scholars. Lewis himself defined mysticism as a “direct experience of God, immediate as a taste or color.” Noting that most mystics do not seek visions of physical manifestations, Lewis added, “There is no reasoning in it, but many would say it is an experience of the intellect – the reason resting in its enjoyment of its object.” 

 

We encourage you to read the entire article here: View Now

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BOOKS

Each month we recommend a book (or two) focused on our theme

NON-FICTION

Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do

by Paul David Tripp

 

Humans are hardwired for awe.

Our hearts are always captured by something―that’s how God made us. But sin threatens to distract us from the glory of our Creator. All too often, we stand in awe of everything but God.

Uncovering the lies we believe about all the earthly things that promise us peace, life, and contentment, Paul Tripp redirects our gaze to God’s awe-inducing glory―showing how such a vision has the potential to impact our every thought, word, and deed.

View Now



 

FICTION

Death Comes for the Archbishop

by Willa Cather

 

“From one of the most highly acclaimed novelists of the twentieth century: a truly remarkable book" (The New York Times), an epic story of a life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. With a new introduction by Claire Messud.

In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows—gently, all the while contending with an unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Out of these events, Cather gives us an indelible vision of life unfolding in a place where time itself seems suspended.

View Now

 


 

CHILDRENS

Rumi and the Ocean of Awe

by Garrett Ryan Oyama, Hansol Kim, and Paul Chin

 

Rumi is a little cuttlefish who’s forgotten how to feel awe. The world used to sparkle—but lately, the only thing that grabs her attention is her new shiny device: the Coral Communicator. She’s stopped changing colors like the other cuttlefish. She’s stopped noticing the world.

But everything changes when she leaves her cozy kelp bed and dives into the deep. There, Rumi begins a strange and magical journey—meeting philosopher shells, ancient sea turtles, and glowing creatures who teach her how to slow down, pay attention, and reconnect with the beauty around her.

Rumi and the Ocean of Awe is an underwater fable for curious kids and wonder-seeking adults.
A modern-day Phantom Tollbooth for the age of distraction, this story speaks to anyone—young or old—who’s ever felt numbed out by screens and longed to feel fully alive again.

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DIG DEEPER

Practical suggestions to help you go deeper into our theme

1.    QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION 

Devote some time and thought to these reflective questions on our theme:

a.  Recall a time when you were captured by awe? How did that experience impact you?

b.  When was the last time you felt a sense of awe?

c.  What events or environments have inspired awe in your life?

d.  What can you do to create more opportunities for experiencing awe?

e.  How can you look at the world with fresh eyes, rather than seeing things as commonplace?

f.  What activities, people, or places can help you pause and be present?

g.  What may God be inviting you to experience through awe?

 


 

2.   FROM STRESS RELIEF TO REDUCED INFLAMMATION: THE POWERFUL BENEFITS OF AWE

When was the last time your jaw dropped in amazement? Or you felt goosebumps begin to form in the presence of something greater than yourself? Or you became so engrossed in what you were doing that time appeared to stand still? These are the telltale signs that you are experiencing awe, a powerful emotion that has lasting benefits for both the mind and body. Read this article by Holly Harmon, an Interpretive Specialist for the Denver Art Museum. 

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3.   THE SCIENCE OF AWE: Templeton Foundation Study

Awe can be scary, or it can be a delight. Sometimes it’s both. It can even change your life—leading to an epiphany or spiritual transformation. But how do we define an awe experience? Why do some people feel more awe that others? And how does awe change our sense of ourselves and our behavior toward others? These are some of the questions that psychologists have started to explore through the science of awe. 

View Now

 

 

 

4.   PODCAST: THE THRILLING NEW SCIENCE OF AWE – On Being 

One of the most fascinating developments of our time is that human qualities we have understood in terms of virtue—experiences we’ve called spiritual—are now being taken seriously by science as intelligence—as elements of human wholeness. Dacher Keltner and his Greater Good Science Center at Berkeley have been pivotal in this emergence. Listen to an interview of Dacher Keltner on the Podcast On Being with Krista Tippett. 

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5.   SIX WAYS TO INCORPORATE AWE INTO YOUR DAILY LIFE 

In his new book, Awestruck, psychologist Jonah Paquette explains the process underlying the experience of awe and uncovers both its complexity and its value to our well-being. Walking readers through various scientific findings, he shows that awe helps improve our relationships, decrease our stress, and make us happier. By illustrating awe’s many benefits, Paquette gives us a reason to seek more awe experiences in our lives—and then shows us how to do it.

View Now

 

 

 

6.  PRAYER

 

I praise God:

 

Praise God in his sanctuary;

Praise him in his mighty expanse.

Praise him for his might acts.

Praise him according to his excellency and greatness.

Praise God for loving us past our sins.

Praise God for giving us his Son.

Praise God for securing our place eternally.

Praise him for bestowing on us a majestic inheritance.

Praise God for delivering us from evil,

Praise him for shielding us from harm.

Praise God for giving us angelic protection.

Praise God for giving us life!

Praise God for being the doorway into life – 

He is the glorious One, whom angels and archangels

Constantly adore.

Praise God for his mercy and grace,

Praise God for his steadfast faithfulness to us, his children.

Praise God for his fatherly care,

Praise God for teaching us his ways,

And giving us his Spirit as our comfort and guide.

Praise God,

Praise the Father,

Praise the Son,

Praise the Holy Spirit,

Now and forever,

AMEN.

 

 

Prayer from Canyon Road (2012), p. 393 by Kari Kristina Reeves

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ROOTED

But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,

whose confidence is in him.

They will be like a tree planted by the water

that sends out its roots by the stream.

It does not fear when heat comes;

its leaves are always green.

It has no worries in a year of drought

and never fails to bear fruit.

(Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV)

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FIELD NOTES

Images used in order of appearance:

1. OPENING IMAGE: Abbey at Bonnevaux, France, Advent 2020 program photograph. https://bonnevauxwccm.org/retreat-center/

2.   FIELD:  Andrew Gadd (British, 1968–), Bus Stop Nativity, 2008.

https://andrewgadd.privateviews.com/view/OeNUyS6KQOaTZoVcbQXgjw/


 

3.   SEEDS:  Maja Lisa Engelhardt, From the Genesis Series, The Seventh Day, 2017.

https://www.ehgallery.com/the-seventh-day

 

 

4.   ART:   Michael Hausmann, Finland Northern Lights

https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/MichaelHausmann?mediatype=photography


 

5.   POETRY:  Rebecca Hind, Glittering Birds, Causeway series, 2011.

https://rebeccahind.com/98-2/

 

 

6.   PROFILE:  Renáta Fucíková, The Promise, illustrations from Stories from the Old Testament. (The Promise is an illustration from the book, Stories from the Old Testament published in France and the Czech Republic. The book was awarded a prize in the Biennial of Illustration in Tehran in 1999 and was also on the IBBY Honor List in 1988, The International Board on Books for Young People).

https://www.artway.eu/posts/renata-fucikova-the-promise 

 

 

7.   FILM: Elizabeth Khorey, Pacific Sea Nettle Jellies, Monterey Aquarium, 2017.

  

 

8.   ESSAY:  Nicholas Roerich (Russian, 1874–1947), Bridge of Glory, 1923. Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York. 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/nicholas-roerich/bridge-of-glory-1923


 

9.   BOOKS: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Angels appearing over Shepherds, 1910. 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Ossawa_Tanner_-_Angels_Appearing_before_the_Shepherds.jpg 


 

10.   DIG DEEPER:  Jelleke Vanooteghem, Growing Tomatoes.

 https://unsplash.com/@ilumire

 

 

11.   ROOTED: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Mary, 1910.

https://www.wikiart.org/en/henry-ossawa-tanner/mary-1910

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