Category: poetry
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As for Light
Keaton Sapp has installed the eighth and ninth stations in his Stations of the Cross series. I will turn to his ninth at a later date, but I first want to focus on his eighth which is by far the most abstract of his pieces. It is simply a white…
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What Now Can Be Done?
This is seventh in the series, “The Stations of the Cross” and takes its inspiration from artist, Keaton Sapp’s addition to the series which is titled, “The Earth Shook.” Throughout the series Keaton has make use of the symbol of a fig tree to tell the story of Jesus’ passion.…
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Leaves Fall
Keaton Sapp’s Sixth Station in his series, The Stations of the Cross is titled, “The Descent.” It is based on Matthew 27:45-50 which reads, Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a…
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“Unless I see…”
We read in John 20, that the apostle Thomas was not present with the other disciples when Jesus first appeared to them. And even though they told him, he would not believe. In John 20:25 we read, So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he…
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Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is one of my favorite days. There is a slowness and calm from the business of the week and the events of Thursday and Friday. It seems to me to be a pensive day. This sonnet, titled, ‘Arise’ takes for its inspiration Psalm 124 which is one of…
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