Annunciation Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/annunciation/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Thu, 15 Dec 2022 11:08:12 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/mikefrost.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-MF.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Annunciation Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/annunciation/ 32 32 116298986 The Most Tender of all Advent Paintings https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/ https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:54:23 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32241 Whenever I see Arthur Hacker’s 1892 painting, The Annunciation, I feel like I’m intruding on an intimate conversation. It’s a beautiful picture, private and evocative. The Virgin Mary is swathed in layers of soft, floating, light fabric, which has the effect of lending her multiple identities. She is a classical Greek statue, a priestess, and […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/feed/ 6 32241 Praying the Prayers of the Nativity: a daily rhythm https://mikefrost.net/praying-the-prayers-of-the-nativity-a-daily-rhythm/ https://mikefrost.net/praying-the-prayers-of-the-nativity-a-daily-rhythm/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2019 02:55:52 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=29258 As we get caught up in retelling the Christmas story, it’s easy to overlook the prayers of the nativity. Yes, the prayers. In the Gospel According to Luke, the narrative is punctuated at various points with beautiful, ancient prayers, expressions of praise and worship and wonder, delivered by people like Mary, Zechariah, and Simeon. And […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/praying-the-prayers-of-the-nativity-a-daily-rhythm/feed/ 0 29258 Four paintings for the four weeks of Advent https://mikefrost.net/four-paintings-for-the-four-weeks-of-advent/ https://mikefrost.net/four-paintings-for-the-four-weeks-of-advent/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:16:31 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28317 It will soon be Advent, the most beautiful of church seasons, celebrated over the four Sundays preceding Christmas. You might not be part of a liturgical church tradition, but marking each Sunday with a reading and the lighting of a candle can be a rich way to prepare yourself, your family, your congregation for the […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/four-paintings-for-the-four-weeks-of-advent/feed/ 10 28317 Advent Reflection 1: Like a kick in the guts https://mikefrost.net/advent-reflection-1-annunciation-like-kick-guts/ https://mikefrost.net/advent-reflection-1-annunciation-like-kick-guts/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2016 20:02:20 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=26390 I will be posting two Advent reflections each week this season. They will each be based on one of the 10 greatest paintings of the Christmas story ever produced.  I trust you find them life-giving and hope-enlarging. Look carefully at the painting above. Examine every section. Explore the artist’s design. What do you see? Now […]

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