Visio Divina and Contemplative Photography The practice of Visio Divina or contemplative photography may sometimes seem really foreign. Maybe you feel like you don't know what you're doing or you don't know how to do it. Or maybe you think…
If you missed parts one and two, you can go and read them now! People tend to participate in visio divina with an image such as a painting, drawing, or stained glass window, but I want to illustrate that visio…
This part 2 in a 3-part series on Visio Divina. You can read part 1 here and part 3 here. The ancient spiritual practice of visio divina was instrumental in the creation of Messages from God: An Illuminated Devotional and…
This will be a 3-part series on Visio Divina. This ancient spiritual practice was instrumental in the creation of Messages from God: An Illuminated Devotional and is a practice we incorporated into the companion workbook. As such, I thought it…
I recently wrote a guest post over on Michelle Fitzgerald's blog, The Mimosa Blossom. It was such an honor to write this piece for her blog. Michelle and I "met" during a back to school on-line book party where I…
I am so excited to announce that I will soon be launching "Meeting God through Art: Visio Divina. A Guided Prayer Journal using Images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art." It launches on August 15th and I am so excited!…
I often pray prior to going out to take photos, and often pray during the photography process as well. I pray for God to "open the eyes of my heart" (Ephesians 1:18) and help me to be open to see…
I had a lot of fun writing this 3-part series on visio divina. It was originally published over on the Messages from God Devotional blog but that site was discontinued in December 0f 2020. I have now moved the series…
I recently guest posted over on Jean Wise's blog, Healthy Spirituality. It is a privilege to be featured on her blog! Jean is an insightful and engaging writer of devotionals and is a fan of contemplative prayer including visio divina and…
Observation is key to writing. It also happens to be key to photography, science, art, maybe even life.... What Is Observation? Observation is the practice of looking carefully at and noticing the details of an object, person, or event in…