This atmospheric 18thc watercolour shows the Seven Churches at Glendalough in Wicklow, Ireland, with worshipers processing by the light of torches for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. (What's going on on the right?) https://t.co/Ooye724KOL

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The world cries out for good news. As Christians we have good news – that God gave to us the gift of his Son Jesus Christ.

My letter to churches around the world: https://t.co/83rT32WvCG

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Sometimes a family is just three people who can't go in churches.

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"That Christianity has a monopoly on everything that is good and positive here in the world, of course, was taken for granted hundred five hundred years ago.

"Let the churches be youth houses, kindergartens, concert halls, gyms, restaurants, cafes, galleries, and museums...

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The churches of HADDOCK part 1: Deileii.

The prosperous farmlands chiseled into the hills are a shining example of Deileii's gifts of harvest and wealth, in the face of any adversary.

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day 13 of inktober
not much to say about this dude uhhhh, he's a gargoyle named Pierre, he's from France and kind of a meathead
his skin can get very hard, pretty much like stone and he has a dislike of demons due to gargoyles traditionnally protecting churches from evil

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Aldo Loris Rossi ~ 2 Churches near Naples, the same vocabulary focused on centrifugal/centripetal and vertical/horizontal opposites

~ Chiesa del S. Cuore / Bisaccia (1998)
~ S. Maria della Libera / Portici (1965)

https://t.co/HPeVeyA398
https://t.co/CrtDS5YzNk

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From the farm to the city. We drove to and it could not be more different to the Lakes District. Except for the churches! Tall spires poking through, pointing heavenward. Ever friendly clouds cottonwooling our travels. “Glasgow Cathedral”, 15X20cm.

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I wasn't going to do two churches in a row, but my father requested I draw his friend's church, which we visited our first day in Hampshire. Parts date back to the 11th century but there was too much garden to get a more interesting view.

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Day 29
As 11 prepared to land on the
the wives--the entire nation--was
in homes, and even the White House.

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I would love to experience this “Rocket War” on the Greek Island of Chios! 80,000 rockets being fired from two churches at each other, smoke, pandemonium, my kind of party... Annyyyyhooo, here’s April in my Atlas Obscura 2019 Travel Calendar!

https://t.co/zd0btSgtkM

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Message to our churches
Revelation Chapter 2-3

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"Church at Picuris" by William Berra who is represented by Nedra Matteucci Galleries oil/linen/panel, 24" x 30" Artist Berra paints sunlit Italian landscapes, rustic New Mexican scenes, figures & churches–all with an impressionistic touch. https://t.co/rgitRv72DF

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Andrew Blyth paints beautifully soft water colours of local scenes. Moody clouds beach scenes churches and the marsh all feature in his very popular work.

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Balance in our lives is always needed.
All throughout the world this law is heeded.
Even arid deserts have their wells
And abandoned churches have their bells.
Then why can't I have you?

🎨Edvard Munch, "Melancholy" (1894)

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“Rowan tree & red thread make witches tine their speed”- an ancient rhyme. Known also as witchentree & witchwood, the Rowan was planted by homes to protect them from harm, & by churches in to watch over & protect the dead.
Image: Cicely Barker

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A rare English wall painting - the figure of St Cuthbert in the Galilee Chapel of .


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