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Fifteen Crosses
Good Friday seems a fitting time to revisit Rembrandt’s "The Three Crosses," which I discovered during a course on Rembrandt and Henri...
smegburke
Apr 18
Jesus’ Knock: Advent with Rembrandt and Bonhoeffer
On the first Sunday of Advent in 1928, Dietrich Bonhoeffer preached from Revelation 3:20 on Jesus' knock, (echoing Matthew 25:34-40 ):...
smegburke
Dec 11, 2024
A God who sees and hears: reflecting on Hagar with Rembrandt
For the last few months I've been thinking about Hagar, who shows up in many of Rembrandt’s sketches and etchings. In the artist’s...
smegburke
Mar 16, 2022
The Psalms: Beauty in Giving and Thanksgiving
It's been quite a while since my last post. In the intervening months I wrapped up my theology degree, at last. I’ve been trying to...
smegburke
Oct 30, 2021
Painting in a Plague
Portrait of Titus, Rembrandt (1653) A letter I read months ago, by Henri Nouwen, has become quite unexpectedly relevant: just a little...
smegburke
Mar 28, 2020
Next Steps: Tracking Down Nouwen, Van Gogh and Rembrandt
Shoes, 1888, Vincent Van Gogh, (Metropolitan Museum of Art)) I realized last summer, while away at an apologetics conference, that I have...
smegburke
Jan 16, 2020
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