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Tom Stoppard in July 1974 (Attribution: Chris Ridley).2025-11-30T03:08:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/11/11/not-dark-yet-but-its-getting-there-what-can-america-learn-from-the-nazi-occupation-of-paris/2025-11-13T00:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/10/17/songs-that-seek-your-heart-and-find-it-remembering-bob-franke/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/c59e3545-eff3-406a-9c87-af28fffa958d_1_201_a.jpegC59E3545-EFF3-406A-9C87-AF28FFFA958D_1_201_ahttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/d39b408a-6af5-4e36-a768-2d44a3c84493_1_105_c.jpegD39B408A-6AF5-4E36-A768-2D44A3C84493_1_105_cBob Franke (seated on floor), Jim Friedrich, Ed Reynolds at Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Easter Sunday, 1969).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/c59e3545-eff3-406a-9c87-af28fffa958d_1_102_a.jpegC59E3545-EFF3-406A-9C87-AF28FFFA958D_1_102_aCover of Bob Franke's fifth album, 1991 (Photo: Susan Wilson)2025-12-18T23:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/09/20/the-terrible-parable-making-sense-of-the-dishonest-steward/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/67763280-6d6e-426f-b3fc-3bb10e508c0a_1_201_a-2.jpeg67763280-6D6E-426F-B3FC-3BB10E508C0A_1_201_ahttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/67763280-6d6e-426f-b3fc-3bb10e508c0a_1_201_a.jpeg67763280-6D6E-426F-B3FC-3BB10E508C0A_1_201_aA perplexed man in the cloister of Saint Trophime, Arles, France (12th century)2025-09-21T06:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/08/11/what-jesus-said-about-vultures/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/af9bd189-aeab-4fc3-96c2-476d6e98dde9_1_201_a-1.jpegAF9BD189-AEAB-4FC3-96C2-476D6E98DDE9_1_201_ahttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/03ccd9de-b35f-4479-bb5d-68eebfa39015_1_201_a.jpeg03CCD9DE-B35F-4479-BB5D-68EEBFA39015_1_201_aDonavan Brazier, Cooper Lutkenhaus, and Bryce Hoppel finish 1-2-3 in the 2025 U.S. Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/6498f609-e865-4501-8b69-79ff8369f86b.png6498F609-E865-4501-8B69-79FF8369F86BFrancesco Scaramuzza, Dante carried upward by an eagle in a dream (Purgatorio ix). In reality it was St. Lucy who helped the poet on his upward journey toward heaven's light.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/af9bd189-aeab-4fc3-96c2-476d6e98dde9_1_201_a.jpegAF9BD189-AEAB-4FC3-96C2-476D6E98DDE9_1_201_aTurkey vulture.2025-09-21T05:26:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/07/14/thinking-about-america-on-bastille-day/2025-07-14T09:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/07/12/the-unpardonable-sin-poetic-shame-on-the-christian-right/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2b8f087c-baba-4381-a7dd-56e800c20424_1_201_a.jpeg2B8F087C-BABA-4381-A7DD-56E800C20424_1_201_ahttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/5e9df258-04a8-44ef-9acd-a67a656de6fa_1_201_a-1.jpeg5E9DF258-04A8-44EF-9ACD-A67A656DE6FA_1_201_a2025-07-13T02:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/07/03/no-kings-a-biblical-parable-for-independence-day/2025-07-03T22:44:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/06/20/now-welcome-summer-2/2025-07-02T17:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/04/16/for-god-so-loved-our-stories-tales-from-the-easter-vigil/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bfcf8316-4e40-45b7-bd89-3f0a0eb18f85_1_201_a.jpegBFCF8316-4E40-45B7-BD89-3F0A0EB18F85_1_201_aMarc Chagall, Noah and the Rainbow (detail, 1961-66).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b672253c-aecb-4bdf-af0d-5101a31b2e4a_1_201_a.jpegB672253C-AECB-4BDF-AF0D-5101A31B2E4A_1_201_aMarc Chagall, Noah and the Rainbow (1961-66)2025-05-01T14:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/04/18/loves-endeavor-loves-expense-a-good-friday-meditation/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1d5d6131-49c0-4f31-bfd3-9dd56613a8a1_1_105_c.jpeg1D5D6131-49C0-4F31-BFD3-9DD56613A8A1_1_105_chttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e7e00db9-f06f-4a09-b4bd-f7d9a23a9806_1_201_a.jpgE7E00DB9-F06F-4A09-B4BD-F7D9A23A9806_1_201_aCrucified Christ (northern France, late 12th century).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1769684-7a92-439f-a577-e6cac8b96e95_1_105_c.jpegE1769684-7A92-439F-A577-E6CAC8B96E95_1_105_cAnonymous "Master of St. Bartholomew," The Descent from the Cross, Cologne, c. 1480-1510 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peace."2025-04-10T20:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/03/01/we-must-love-one-another-or-die-what-does-the-iliad-tell-us-about-the-invasion-of-ukraine/2025-03-03T20:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/02/26/turning-pain-into-praise-george-herbert-on-the-human-condition/2025-02-27T07:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2023/02/01/candlemas-because-we-hope-to-turn-again/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/b9f09e0a-e8f3-41f0-95ec-d03bc9acba1c_1_201_a.jpegB9F09E0A-E8F3-41F0-95EC-D03BC9ACBA1C_1_201_a2025-01-31T03:54:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2024/12/24/now-in-flesh-appearing/2025-01-17T17:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/01/15/dreams-on-fire-the-burning-of-los-angeles/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/39f5f35b-183a-4e66-b58c-dbdcfa7f3341_1_105_c-1.jpeg39F5F35B-183A-4E66-B58C-DBDCFA7F3341_1_105_chttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/24e5675e-94f8-4ce4-9675-95b8dbb6f86c_1_105_c-1.jpeg24E5675E-94F8-4CE4-9675-95B8DBB6F86C_1_105_c2025-01-19T12:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2025/01/08/lets-do-it-for-the-story-a-farewell-to-angela-lloyd/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2abf2335-823d-4b6e-b9c8-37c6ba0c38ae_1_201_a-1.jpeg2ABF2335-823D-4B6E-B9C8-37C6BA0C38AE_1_201_a2025-07-12T22:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2024/12/31/happy-or-not-the-new-year-is-what-god-has-to-work-with/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/7a80b7ed-f1fd-4a5f-9277-b5a3719645b6_1_201_a.jpegScreenshotScreenshot2025-01-11T16:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2024/11/30/seeking-the-good-at-the-end-of-the-world-homily-for-advent-1/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/79b13e94-91f1-40e8-b536-63c36fd8f0a6_1_201_a.jpeg79B13E94-91F1-40E8-B536-63C36FD8F0A6_1_201_aAlfred 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inscribed.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/5b7d4ce4-f663-441e-9a4b-895bbc3a008c.jpeg5B7D4CE4-F663-441E-9A4B-895BBC3A008Chttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1c3cd3ba-ef05-4e68-8282-d6c49d518326.jpeg1C3CD3BA-EF05-4E68-8282-D6C49D518326https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/0a30dc23-eb16-4760-b8b3-e09ea7db8e2d.jpeg0A30DC23-EB16-4760-B8B3-E09EA7DB8E2D2024-02-20T18:25:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2024/02/12/no-shortcuts-transitioning-from-transfiguration-to-lent/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/vermeer-necklace.jpegVersion 2Johannes Vermeer, Woman with a Pearl Necklace (1662-1664).2024-02-27T19:15:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2023/12/31/time-to-take-a-cup-of-kindness-happy-new-year/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_3915.jpegVersion 2Jónsi’s FLÓÐ, a multi-sensory installation in Seattle's Nordic Museum, Summer 2023.2024-01-01T17:35:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2023/12/26/what-happens-in-bethlehem-doesnt-stay-in-bethlehem/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_1623.jpegLeonardo AdorationLeonardo da Vinci, Adoration of the Magi (1481-2).2023-12-26T18:53:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2023/12/16/stir-up-your-power/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_2689.jpegVersion 3Mattia Preti, Saint Nicholas of Bara (1653)2023-12-16T21:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2023/11/29/how-long-not-long-the-advent-collection/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/oregon-coastal-dawn-sm.jpgOregon coastal dawn smOregon dawn (Photo by Jim 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cover2023-09-05T22:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2023/04/02/extravagant-sacrifice-a-holy-week-reflection/2023-04-04T02:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2023/02/27/though-the-whole-world-turn-to-coal-george-herberts-virtue/2023-03-01T19:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2023/02/20/whats-going-on-at-the-asbury-revival/2023-03-01T19:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/02/02/consumed-by-love-the-flames-of-candlemas/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/bellini-presentation-in-temple.pngBellini Presentation in TempleGiovanni Bellini, The Presentation in the Temple (1459)2023-02-01T00:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2016/01/06/feast-of-the-epiphany-the-worst-time-of-year-for-such-a-journey/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/camino-to-the-truth.jpgCamino- To the TruthAlong the Camino de Santiago, April 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at desk2022-09-17T15:12:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/09/15/the-film-that-we-wanted-to-live-an-homage-to-jean-luc-godard/2022-09-17T13:25:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2017/08/25/a-deep-but-dazzling-darkness/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/paradiso-sun-sm.jpegParadiso sun smGiovanni di Paolo, Paradiso xxviii (c. 1445)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/eclipse-camp-sunrise-sm.jpgEclipse camp sunrise smhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/eclipse-3-sm.jpgEclipse 3 smhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/eclipse-2.jpgeclipse 2Totality with red solar prominences - towers of hot hydrogen gas (Photograph by Jim Friedrich)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/eclipse-1.jpgEclipse 1Totality in Oregon, August 21, 2017 (Photograph by the author)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dusty-eclipse-car-sm.jpgDusty eclipse car sm2022-08-22T22:09:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/08/19/strangely-light-of-heart-remembering-frederick-buechner/2022-08-23T05:07:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/07/30/the-art-of-borrowed-scenery/2022-08-02T18:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/07/09/america-in-the-ditch-the-good-samaritan-revisited/2022-07-10T18:25:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/07/03/another-bad-decision-the-supreme-court-and-school-prayer/2022-07-06T12:45:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/06/25/keep-your-eyes-on-the-prize-following-jesus-in-the-worst-of-times/2022-06-26T13:11:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/06/05/no-dove-no-church-keeping-pentecost-in-a-dispiriting-time/2022-07-05T22:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/05/18/the-practice-of-happiness/2022-05-19T13:46:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/04/15/what-will-the-cross-make-of-us-a-good-friday-sermon/2022-04-15T22:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2022/04/14/the-importance-of-tables-a-maundy-thursday-reflection/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_0930.jpegVersion 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Paris, Musée du Louvre.2021-12-17T15:32:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2021/11/24/dont-mess-with-our-myths-thoughts-on-thanksgiving-eve/2021-11-25T23:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2021/11/07/i-mean-to-be-one-too-a-homily-for-all-saints/2021-11-07T20:45:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2021/11/02/all-souls-day-will-the-circle-be-unbroken/2021-11-02T22:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2021/10/23/human-vision-corrected-by-divine-love-a-homily-on-jesus-and-bartimaeus/2021-10-25T20:12:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2021/09/22/the-year-changing-its-mind-embracing-impermanence-at-the-autumnal-equinox/2021-09-22T22:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2021/09/10/the-only-solution-is-love-remembering-9-11/2021-09-10T17:40:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2017/08/05/every-common-bush-afire-with-god/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/glen-aulin-sm.jpgGlen Aulin smThe journey up the mountain begins gently, along the banks of Glen Aulin.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tahoe-from-tallac-sm.jpgTahoe from Tallac Smhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pink-mallow-sm.jpgPink mallow Smhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mule-earssnow-bg-sm.jpgMule ears:snow BG Smhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/marmot-tallac-sm.jpgMarmot Tallac smhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2bff2621-7527-4865-a9cd-4a7941281745.jpg2BFF2621-7527-4865-A9CD-4A7941281745Weatherbeaten pines near the summit of Mt. Tallac.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_8217.jpgIMG_8217More than halfway down the steep side, a view of Fallen Leaf Lake and journey's end.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_8215.jpgIMG_8215Corn lily on the southern slope of Mt. Tallac.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_8184.jpgIMG_8184Jeffrey pine west of Tallac.2021-09-04T15:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2021/08/19/words-fail-thinking-the-divine-names/2021-09-03T14:53:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2021/07/31/the-courage-to-be-nobody-simon-biles-and-the-art-of-renunciation/2021-08-02T00:36:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2021/07/22/what-do-i-know/2021-08-02T00:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2021/07/04/celebrating-the-fourth-of-july-when-america-is-in-doubt/2021-07-06T17:10:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2014/07/03/fourth-of-july/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/eugene-fireworks-2016-1.jpgEugene fireworks 2016 (1)July 4th fireworks (Eugene, Oregon, 2016)2021-07-04T17:20:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/06/21/oh-sacrament-of-summer-days/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_763c.jpegfullsizeoutput_763chttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dsc_0016-1.jpgDSC_0016 (1)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/image.jpegimageCharles E. 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"Life is so short."https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/fullsizeoutput_8994.jpegfullsizeoutput_8994Dante and Virgil in the 8th circle of hell.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/734daa2a13cf28b5ce19a940c07c86cb.jpeg734daa2a13cf28b5ce19a940c07c86cbThe miraculous reconciliation defies expectations.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/fullsizeoutput_8991.jpegVersion 2https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/journey-sunbathing.pngJourney sunbathingSunbathing at Homer's villa, with Vesuvius in the background.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/journey-steam.pngJourney steamKatherine and her guide at the sulphur pits of Vesuvius.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/journey-statue-stares.pngJourney statue staresIn the archaeological museum, the eyes of the past interrogate the modern viewer.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/journey-skulls.pngJourney skullsSkulls of unknown dead at the cave cemetery of Fontanelle in Naples.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/journey-k-statue.pngJourney K & statue"All those shots of eyes looking." —Jacques Rivette2020-10-08T21:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/08/28/should-god-be-spoken-at-a-political-convention/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fullsizeoutput_7b94-1.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b94"I alone am God; there is no other." (Phrygian Sybil, Vito de Marco, pavement of Siena cathedral, c. 1482)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fullsizeoutput_7b94.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b94"Only God is; there is no other." (Phrygian Sybil, Vito de Marco, pavement of Siena cathedral, c. 1482)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_0359.jpgIMG_0359Time magazine cover, July 2, 2018.2020-09-07T12:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/08/25/an-unforgettable-night-at-the-troubadour-50th-anniversary/2020-09-04T05:53:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/08/20/what-would-samson-do-finding-trump-in-the-bible/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/samson-delilah-poster.jpgSamson Delilah poster2020-08-27T21:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/08/08/walking-on-the-sea-with-jesus-a-homily-on-matthew-1422-33/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fullsizeoutput_88e8.jpegfullsizeoutput_88e8Gustave Brion, Jesus & Peter on the Water (1863).2020-08-08T20:04:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/07/25/seek-ye-first-scenes-from-the-camino-de-santiago/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140512-105407.jpg20140512-105407.jpg2020-08-27T22:26:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/07/16/words-and-memories-recollections-on-my-birthday/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fullsizeoutput_8882.jpegfullsizeoutput_8882The road goes ever on and on … (Camino de Santiago, Galicia, 2014)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/heron-by-bridge.jpgHeron by bridgeBlue heron visits our yard.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/goldfinch.jpgGoldfinchA goldfinch in our peach tree. They arrive at Easter and depart in the fall.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bsips6rccaatfxj.jpegBsIPS6rCcAATFxjMinistry of Fear (Fritz Lang, 1944)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/moonsunsleepbirdslive.jpgmoonsunsleepbirdsliveKenneth Patchen, "Moon, Sun, Sleep, Birds, Live."https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fullsizeoutput_8877.jpegfullsizeoutput_8877The most recent full moon rises over Puget Sound (July 4, 2020).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dsc_0056.jpgDSC_0056The author at the family plot in Red Wing, Minnesota (June 2006).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/untitled-01686.jpguntitled-01686The sun sets over the edge of the world at Finisterre, the end point of Camino de Santiago.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/untitled-01417.jpguntitled-01417The road goes ever on and on … (Camino de Santiago, Galicia, 2014)2020-07-19T04:29:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/07/03/fourth-of-july-2020-last-rites-for-a-dying-america/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fullsizeoutput_8863.jpegEARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS, right: Joan Taylor, Hugh Marlowe, Donald Curtis on poster art, 1956https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/british_burning_washington.jpgBritish_Burning_WashingtonThe burning of Washington, 1814.2020-07-10T03:50:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/06/20/time-to-welcome-summer-and-refuse-the-darkness/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fullsizeoutput_8855.jpegfullsizeoutput_8855Essential summer reading.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dsc_0016.jpgDSC_0016The author watches the Solstice sunset from Friedrich Point on Lake Pepin, Minnesota.2020-06-21T18:46:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/06/06/black-lives-matter-mural-more-than-a-stunt/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fullsizeoutput_882c.jpegfullsizeoutput_882chttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/102308626_10107835521124711_5857676923447607942_n.jpg102308626_10107835521124711_5857676923447607942_n2020-06-06T17:28:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/06/01/come-holy-spirit/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fullsizeoutput_501e.jpegGerard David, detail Annunciation, 1506Gerard David, Annunciation (detail), 15062022-08-23T05:10:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/05/21/easter-wings-an-ascension-homily/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fullsizeoutput_8650.jpegfullsizeoutput_8650https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fullsizeoutput_8652.jpegfullsizeoutput_8652https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fullsizeoutput_864d.jpegfullsizeoutput_864d2020-05-23T17:04:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/04/22/water-the-earth-with-the-tears-of-your-joy-an-earth-day-reflection/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_0979.jpgDSC_0979Comet Falls, Mount Rainier National Park, July 2005 (Photo by Jim Friedrich/Karen Haig)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fullsizeoutput_85be.jpegfullsizeoutput_85beMarilyn in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Felton, CA, 2016 (Photo by Jim Friedrich)2020-05-18T23:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/04/11/lost-at-sea-retelling-the-flood-story-in-a-pandemic/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fullsizeoutput_85a8.jpegVersion 22020-04-11T20:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/04/03/dancing-with-death-mortality-in-cinema/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fullsizeoutput_84db.jpegfullsizeoutput_84dbTadzio (Björn Andresen) in Death in Venice.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fullsizeoutput_84d9.jpegfullsizeoutput_84d9Tadzio points to "an immensity full of promise."https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2560px-saint_jerome_writing-caravaggio_1605-6.jpg2560px-Saint_Jerome_Writing-Caravaggio_(1605-6)Caravaggio, St. Jerome Writing, 1605-06https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/seventh-seal-1957-002-max-von-sydow-chess-00m-g2d.jpgseventh-seal-1957-002-max-von-sydow-chess-00m-g2dAntonius Block, the knight (Max von Sydow), plays chess with death.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fullsizeoutput_84cf.jpegfullsizeoutput_84cfDeath (Bengt Ekerot) in The Seventh Seal https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fullsizeoutput_84d6.jpegfullsizeoutput_84d6The Dance of Death in The Seventh Seal.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/7th-seal-bergman-death.jpg7th seal Bergman deathBengt Ekerot and Ingmar Bergman on the set of The Seventh Seal.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/death-in-venice-2.jpgDeath-in-Venice-22020-04-04T13:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/03/24/i-will-not-willingly-die-for-the-economy/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fullsizeoutput_7501.jpegfullsizeoutput_7501Mark Harris in his printmaking studio (May, 2019).2020-04-02T12:32:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/03/20/the-weight-of-these-sad-times/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_4204.jpgIMG_42042020-03-24T18:57:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/03/13/jesus-and-the-woman-at-the-well-a-homily-for-lent-3/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fullsizeoutput_8413.jpegfullsizeoutput_8413Jesus and the Samaritan woman (12c Jruchi Gospels, Georgia)2020-03-24T19:00:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/01/08/on-the-brink-of-war-choose-life/2020-03-09T17:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/02/02/thus-times-do-shift-a-poem-for-candlemas/2022-03-01T16:19:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/02/29/o-sing-to-me-of-heaven-requiem-for-a-friend/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dsc_0110.jpgDSC_0110Stephen D. O'Leary at Point Reyes National Seashore, June 13, 2011 (Photo by Jim Friedrich)2020-03-14T22:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/02/25/tune-my-heart-to-sing-thy-grace-george-herberts-denial/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_7b8b.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b8bGianlorenzo Bernini, St. Jerome (Siena Cathedral, 1661-1663). The saint holds the crucifix like a violin.2020-02-26T03:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2020/01/24/mr-schiff-goes-to-washington/2020-01-25T05:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/31/a-decades-farewell/2020-01-14T19:34:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/26/christmas-as-poetry/2019-12-26T17:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/25/christmas-day-2019/2019-12-25T16:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/23/holy-night/2019-12-24T06:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/23/o-emmanuel-dec-23/2020-01-14T19:36:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/21/o-rex-gentium-dec-22/2019-12-22T05:09:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/21/o-oriens-dec-21/2020-01-14T19:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/19/o-clavis-david-dec-20/2019-12-20T06:27:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/18/o-adonai-dec-18/2019-12-18T08:18:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/16/o-sapientia-dec-17/2020-01-14T19:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/12/the-virgin-of-guadalupe/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_0032.jpgDSC_0032The welcoming Virgin above the portal of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles (sculpture by Robert Graham).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/guadalupe-gas-station-mural.jpgGuadalupe gas station mural2019-12-12T19:58:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/12/02/blinded-by-the-light-an-advent-meditation/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_7d41.jpegVersion 2spectra III, an installation by Ryoji Ikeda at Venice Biennale 2019: "a blinding excess, rendering the space itself almost invisible." (Photo by Jim Friedrich)2019-12-02T14:09:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/11/22/here-right-matters/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b8d.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b8dRiding upward on Fortune's wheel (Paolo Manucci, pavement of Siena cathedral, 1504-1506)2019-11-25T05:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/11/05/i-once-was-lost-rethinking-jesus-most-beloved-parable/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b66.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b66https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b67.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b67The figures are reflected in a distorting mirror.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b65.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b65In the second room of Sokurov's installation, father and son are reunited.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b63.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b63Ivan Nikolaevich Kromskoy, "Christ in the Wilderness" (1872).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b62.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b62One of the video projections in the first room of Alexander Sokurov's installation, "Lc. 15:11-32.". https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b3e.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b3eThe son returns home (in his imagination), from the closing scene of Andrei Tarkovsky's "Solaris" (1972).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b61.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b61https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b5f.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b5fThe Prodigal Son under the melancholy gaze of Rembrandt's "Portrait of an Old Woman" (1654) in Sokurov's installation.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b5d.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b5dRembrandt van Rijn, "The Return of the Prodigal Son" (c. 1167-1669).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_7b5c.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b5cAlexander Sokurov, "Lc. 15:11-32" (Prodigal Son installation, 2019). Sculptures by Vladimir Brodarsky & Katya Pilnikova.2019-11-06T19:44:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/10/16/venice-biennale-2019-a-wound-in-a-dance-with-love/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1jees4udqd6wr2oeurcq.jpg1Jees4UDQD6Wr2oe+U+RCQSean Scully (Ireland/USA), Opulent Ascension (2019).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_7afa.jpegfullsizeoutput_7afaAlexandra Bircken (Germany), Eskalation (2016).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/anyvbkkcsbs9fubcve13kg.jpgAnYVbkkcSbS9fUbcve13KgAlexandra Bircken (Germany), Eskalation (2016).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/suc81fdytzs0i7hh9slooa.jpgsuC81FDyTzS0i7hh9sLooASean Scully (Ireland/USA), Opulent Ascension, in Andrea Palladio's San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_7af3.jpegfullsizeoutput_7af3Jacopo Tintoretto, The Last Supper (1592-94), and Sean Scully, Opulent Ascension (2019, in San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_7ae3.jpegfullsizeoutput_7ae3Plaque at the entrance to the church of the Franciscan Sisters of Christ the King, Venice.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_7b03.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b03Arsenale Nord, site of Vasily Klyukin's Inferno installation at the Venice Biennale 2019.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/nitvdf7ls7gumqiqsy1qfa.jpgnitvdF7lS7GumqIqSY1qFADaniel Pesta (Czech Republic), Chain (video, 2018).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/skzmwylxtfoqncm9dwojeq.jpgSkZMwYlXTfOQnCm9dWOJEQDaniel Pesta (Czech Republic), Chain (video, 2018).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fullsizeoutput_7b02.jpegfullsizeoutput_7b02Words of an imprisoned poet in Shilpa Gupta's installation, For, in your tongue, I cannot fit (2017-18).2019-10-20T02:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/09/19/backpacking-with-the-saints-part-3/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_776a.jpegfullsizeoutput_776aEdward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom (c. 1837)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_7498.jpgIMG_7498Joe Golowka, my backpacking mentor, Sespe Creek Wilderness (March 29, 1981)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_2696.jpgIMG_2696Palouse Falls, Washington (August 21, 2014)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_7774.jpegVersion 2From Via Negativa: A Worship Installation (text adapted from Richard Shelton)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_7772.jpegfullsizeoutput_7772Osservanza Master (Siena), St. Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness, c. 1435https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_776f.jpegDSC_0245.JPGFernandez Pass, west of the Minarets, Yosemite National Park (Sept. 8, 2008)2019-09-20T05:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/09/13/backpacking-with-the-saints-part-2/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_7733.jpegfullsizeoutput_7733Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada (August 21, 2012)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_7758.jpegfullsizeoutput_7758Sunrise view of Mt. Whitney from Trail Camp at 12,000' (September 5, 1998)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_773b.jpegfullsizeoutput_773bMt. Whitney summit, 30 minutes before lightning and snow (September 5, 1998)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_776e.jpegThe Philosophical Promenade, Keith Beckley / Dennis Evans (I-90 Trail, 1988)The Philosophical Promenade, Keith Beckley / Dennis Evans (Seattle's I-90 Trail, March 17. 2014)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_7770.jpegDeath Valley National Park, Holy Week 2005Death Valley National Park, Holy Week 20052019-10-20T02:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/09/05/backpacking-with-the-saints-part-1/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_7720.jpegVersion 2Sky Top Creek on my last night in the Beartooths.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_771e.jpegVersion 2Lower Aero Lake and Mt. Villard, Beartooth Mountains, Montana.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_7726.jpegVersion 2Badger Pass Trail, Banff National Park, Canada (2012).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_7719.jpegfullsizeoutput_7719Badger Pass Trail, Banff National Park, Canada (2012).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_771a.jpegfullsizeoutput_771aSky Top Creek on my last night in the Beartooths.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_76e8.jpegfullsizeoutput_76e8Pink monkey flowers along Sky Top Creek.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/utt3l2casbgs7oeu1tenrw.jpguTt3l2CaSBGS7Oeu1TeNRwSky Top Creek carries glacial meltwater from Montana's highest peak.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fullsizeoutput_7714.jpegfullsizeoutput_7714Lower Aero Lake and Mt. Villard, Beartooth Mountains, Montana.2019-09-13T14:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/08/13/the-mountains-are-calling-and-i-must-go/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0111-1.jpgDSC_0111https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0111.jpgDSC_01112019-08-13T13:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/08/01/bushy-the-squirrel-a-justice-parable/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_76b7.jpegfullsizeoutput_76b7https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_76b6.jpegfullsizeoutput_76b6https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_76b3.jpegfullsizeoutput_76b3https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_76b5.jpegfullsizeoutput_76b5https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_76b1.jpegfullsizeoutput_76b1https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_76ae.jpegfullsizeoutput_76aehttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_76ac.jpegfullsizeoutput_76achttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_76af.jpegfullsizeoutput_76afhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_76ab.jpegfullsizeoutput_76abhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_76b0.jpegfullsizeoutput_76b02020-10-08T00:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/07/16/may-my-hearts-truth-still-be-sung/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cosmic-crash-time.jpgCosmic Crash (Time)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/july-16-moon-2019.jpgJuly 16 moon 2019Full moon rising on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch (July 16, 2019).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_7680.jpegfullsizeoutput_7680Seattle Times, July 16, 1995 (50th anniversary of the first atomic bomb).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_7682.jpegfullsizeoutput_7682My hometown paper on my 25th birthday.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_7683.jpegfullsizeoutput_7683https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_7689.jpegDSC_0477.JPGLaying wildflowers on Wordsworth's grave on my 50th birthday.2020-08-27T22:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/07/03/your-celebration-is-a-sham-independence-day-in-an-age-of-cruelty/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_7645.jpegfullsizeoutput_7645Detention Center, Weslaco, Texas, June 11, 2019 (Office of Inspector General, Dept. of Homeland Security)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fullsizeoutput_7644.jpegfullsizeoutput_7644Detention Center, McAllen, Texas, June 10, 2019 (Office of Inspector General, Dept. of Homeland Security)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/190702-mcallen-texas-overcrowding-cs-248p_fc9bb9d7bd26ca6d84bb881cc1be141f.fit-560w.jpg190702-mcallen-texas-overcrowding-cs-248p_fc9bb9d7bd26ca6d84bb881cc1be141f.fit-560wStanding room only at McAllen, TX, detention center, June 10, 2019 (Office of Inspector General, Dept. of Homeland Security)2019-07-04T02:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/06/14/could-i-but-find-the-words-art-vs-the-barbarians/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_75cc.jpegfullsizeoutput_75cchttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_75c5.jpegfullsizeoutput_75c5https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_7553.jpegfullsizeoutput_7553Nichola Galanin, White Noise: American Prayer Rug (2018)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_75c9.jpegfullsizeoutput_75c9https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_75cb.jpegfullsizeoutput_75cbhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/idc.jpgidc2019-06-14T19:31:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/06/05/the-gathering-storm/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_75aa.jpegfullsizeoutput_75aaFrederic Edwin Church, Twilight in the Wilderness (1860), Cleveland Museum of Art.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_75a9.jpegfullsizeoutput_75a9Albert Bierstadt, Merced River, Yosemite Valley (1866), Metropolitan Museum of Art.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_75a5.jpegfullsizeoutput_75a5Jerome B. Thompson, The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain (1858), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_75a6.jpegfullsizeoutput_75a6https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_75a8.jpegfullsizeoutput_75a8Martin Johnson Heade, Approaching Thunder Storm (1859), Metropolitan Museum of Art.2019-06-05T16:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/05/06/the-worm-that-gnaws-the-world-trump-and-the-problem-of-evil/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_0385.jpgIMG_0385Gustave Doré, Dis frozen in the lake of ice (1861)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_737a.jpegfullsizeoutput_737ahttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_6e72.jpegfullsizeoutput_6e72https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_6e58.jpegfullsizeoutput_6e582019-05-06T21:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/04/15/lamentation-for-notre-dame/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_6e7b.jpegfullsizeoutput_6e7bhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_482e-1.jpegfullsizeoutput_482ehttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_7313.jpegfullsizeoutput_7313https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_7312.jpegfullsizeoutput_7312https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0235-1.jpgDSC_0235 (1)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_1576.jpgIMG_1576https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2b9ohuxssu275celd5vq.jpg2b9ohuxsSU275CEL%vQhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0462.jpgDSC_0462https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_474d.jpegfullsizeoutput_474dhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_4757.jpegfullsizeoutput_47572025-08-09T13:06:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/04/11/ultreia/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gustave-dore-paradiso-canto-34-1868-trivium-art-history.jpggustave-dore-paradiso-canto-34-1868-trivium-art-historyGustave Dore, The Celestial Rose in Dante's Paradise (1868)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/untitled-01830.jpguntitled-01830The author at Camino's end in Muxia.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/untitled-2175.jpguntitled-2175Statue of St. James behind the high altar, Cathedral of Santiago.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/untitled-01285.jpguntitled-01285Near the eastern boundary of Galicia.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/untitled-00647.jpguntitled-00647https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/untitled-00642.jpguntitled-00642Pilgrims moving westward from Castrojeriz.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/untitled-00580.jpguntitled-00580https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/untitled-00381.jpguntitled-00381Fellow pilgrim Edward "Monty" Montgomery enters San Juan de Ortega on Good Friday.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/untitled-00219.jpguntitled-00219https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/untitled-00105.jpguntitled-00105Camino de Santiago, west of Pamplona.2019-08-01T22:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/03/23/a-fig-tree-and-a-burning-bush-walk-into-a-homily/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_7288.jpegfullsizeoutput_7288Richard Misrach, "Desert Fire #81" (1984)2019-03-24T13:28:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/03/16/gathering-gods-children-a-homily-for-lent-2/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_7280.jpegfullsizeoutput_7280Altar mosaic, Dominus Flevit church, Jerusalemhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_0379.jpgIMG_0379Stanley Spencer, Christ in the Wilderness––The Hen (1939)2019-04-17T16:49:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/02/28/flie-with-angels-fall-with-dust-appreciating-george-herbert/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_71f6.jpegVersion 2Angel guiding Joshua (detail, c. 1500), St. Mary's, Fairford, Gloucestershire, UK (Photo by Jim Friedrich)2019-02-28T22:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/03/29/what-shall-we-preach-on-easter-sunday/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/exultet-harrowing-barberini.jpgExultet harrowing BarberiniHarrowing of Hell, Barberini Exultet Scroll (Italy, c. 1087)2019-02-28T05:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/02/16/deeper-and-deeper-into-the-world-in-praise-of-mary-oliver/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ocean-shores-sunset-sm.jpgOcean shores sunset smhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/eagle-harbor-sunrise-fog-sm.jpgEagle Harbor sunrise fog smhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ammonoosuc-riv-nh-sm.jpgAmmonoosuc Riv NH sm2019-02-16T23:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/02/11/the-mind-of-winter/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_71e1.jpegfullsizeoutput_71e1Bainbridge Island, evening (February 10, 2019).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_71df.jpegfullsizeoutput_71dfBainbridge Island, morning (February 10, 2019).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_71de.jpegfullsizeoutput_71deSt. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, Washington.2019-02-11T18:57:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/01/19/trailing-clouds-of-glory-requiem-for-my-niece/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_6ffc.jpegfullsizeoutput_6ffcPainting by Anise Stevens.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_700f.jpegfullsizeoutput_700fAt Church of the Angels in Pasadena, California, everyone came forward to lay a flower on the altar with Anise's ashes.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/49116906_10156413395343780_4044410397283844096_o.jpg49116906_10156413395343780_4044410397283844096_oAnise Stevens, 1969-2019 (Photo by Emilie Zeug)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_6fd5.jpegDSC_0219.JPGAnise Stevens, mid-1970s (Photo by Jim Friedrich)2019-04-17T17:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2019/01/11/piero-della-francescas-baptism-of-christ/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_7002.jpegPiero della Francesca, Baptism of Christ (1450s)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_7003.jpegfullsizeoutput_7003Piero della Francesca, The Baptism of Christ (after 1437), National Gallery, London. (Creative Commons license)2019-01-12T21:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/12/31/on-new-years-eve-my-inner-clown-is-full-of-hope/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fullsizeoutput_6c04.jpegfullsizeoutput_6c04Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Two Cousins (detail), 1716. Is she gazing at memory, or a gathering future?https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fullsizeoutput_6e4b.jpegfullsizeoutput_6e4bPont du Gard, Provence (40-60 A.D.). Some things last, most things don't. At least these stones from a vanished empire made it to the future.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fullsizeoutput_6e45.jpegfullsizeoutput_6e4512th-century saint effaced by time, Cloister of Saint-Trophime, Arles, Provence.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fullsizeoutput_6fea.jpegVersion 2The Creator bestows a blessing above the baptismal font in Eglise Saint-Michel, Roussillon, Provence.2019-01-30T04:32:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/12/25/the-morning-after-a-sermon-for-christmas-day/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fullsizeoutput_6fb4.jpegVersion 2Nativity (12th century), Cloister of St. Trophime, Arles, France. (Photo by Jim Friedrich)2019-01-12T21:04:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/12/24/a-christmas-carol/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fullsizeoutput_4935.jpegfullsizeoutput_4935Adoration of the Shepherds (detail), Rembrandt 16462019-01-12T21:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/12/15/i-say-rejoice-a-homily-for-advent-3/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Sunriver-sky-22Ptg22.jpgSunriver sky Ptg"Pay attention to the open sky / You never know what will be coming down." –– Jackson Browne2019-01-12T21:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/11/30/prayers-for-the-advent-season/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/annunciation-cusm.jpgAnnunciation CUsm2019-01-12T21:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/11/21/trying-to-get-home-for-thanksgiving/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mv5bmjexnwuzzditmtdmms00zjq5lthlztktyte0y2rhnzezowrkxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvynzm1mtc3odg-_v1_.jpgMV5BMjExNWUzZDItMTdmMS00ZjQ5LThlZTktYTE0Y2RhNzEzOWRkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzM1MTc3ODg@._V1_Tom (Thomasin McKenzie) and Will (Ben Foster) searching for home in "Leave No Trace."2018-11-21T21:15:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/11/10/the-widows-mite/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_0369.jpgIMG_03692018-11-11T06:44:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/10/31/let-it-shine/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizeoutput_6d17.jpegfullsizeoutput_6d172018-11-15T03:37:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/10/20/save-us-from-the-time-of-trial-climate-change-as-apocalypse/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizeoutput_6d07.jpegfullsizeoutput_6d07Death rides a pale horse. (Rev 6)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizeoutput_6d0c.jpegfullsizeoutput_6d0cThe Third Trumpet: A burning star falls to earth and pollutes the water supply. (Rev 8)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizeoutput_6cf6.jpegfullsizeoutput_6cf6The Tapestry of the Apocalypse, Angers, France.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizeoutput_6d05.jpegfullsizeoutput_6d05The New Jerusalem comes down from heaven, bringing divine glory into earthly presence. (Rev 21)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizeoutput_6d0b.jpegfullsizeoutput_6d0bThe Second Trumpet: The sea is polluted by fire, blood and death. (Rev 8)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizeoutput_6d01.jpegfullsizeoutput_6d01The Dragon pursues the expectant mother, "robed in the sun," into the wilderness, trying to prevent the birth of hope. (Rev 12)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizeoutput_6d0a.jpegfullsizeoutput_6d0a"Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?" The people worship the beast of worldly power as the Dragon (Satan) approves. (Rev 13)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizeoutput_6cfe.jpegfullsizeoutput_6cfeThe fall of Babylon. Only its demons are left to haunt the rubble. (Rev 18)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizeoutput_6d09.jpegVersion 2The angel dictates a word of hope and promise to St. John: "Blessed are those who are invited to the feast of the Lamb." (Rev 19)2018-11-04T23:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/10/12/jesus-and-the-rich-man-do-you-want-me-to-tell-you-easy-things/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/getty-villa-pool-sm.jpgGetty villa pool smThe Getty Villa in Malibu, California, is a careful reconstruction of a Roman villa. Funded by the estate of a 20th century oil billionaire, it is a lavish display of the wealth of two eras: the ancient world and our own Gilded Age.2018-10-14T02:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/10/05/preaching-on-jesus-divorce-and-the-kavanaugh-problem/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/marriage-of-arnolfini.jpgMarriage of ArnolfiniJan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait (1434)2018-10-25T00:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/09/25/reading-in-france/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/5af14e1c-8407-40b6-afb3-48dd583e17c7.jpeg5AF14E1C-8407-40B6-AFB3-48DD583E17C7Blessing of pilgrims on Le Chemin de Saint-Jacques, Cathedral of Le Puyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/b3c40945-c2ab-435a-8fad-821a34579d67.jpegB3C40945-C2AB-435A-8FAD-821A34579D67Isaiah, priory church of Souillac (12th century)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/9d4d4b64-dad7-4bf4-bd38-1c619ec72203.jpeg9D4D4B64-DAD7-4BF4-BD38-1C619EC72203Crucifxion, Abbey of Saint Foy, Conques.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ef230bf2-84b6-4637-8944-373ac89c223a.jpegEF230BF2-84B6-4637-8944-373AC89C223ADormitory, Abbey of Senanque.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/23b91058-fe98-4400-976c-00349ae4abf5.jpeg23B91058-FE98-4400-976C-00349AE4ABF5Dordogne River, La Roque-Gageac.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fa5e4567-ebe3-478e-b1c4-ddfd6d9be181.jpegFA5E4567-EBE3-478E-B1C4-DDFD6D9BE181Chapel of St. Michel-d’Aiguille, Le Puy.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ba94bfec-6ad3-4c99-8318-edef5faa6043.jpegBA94BFEC-6AD3-4C99-8318-EDEF5FAA6043Dordogne River, La Roque Gageac.2018-10-05T23:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/09/14/who-is-the-real-jesus/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/jeffrey-hunter-jc.jpgJeffrey Hunter JCJeffrey Hunter was 33 when he played Jesus in Nicholas Ray's "King of Kings" (1961).https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/costanza-christ.jpgCostanza ChristA youthful Christ evoked Resurrection (St. Costanza, Rome, c. 5th century)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tooker-22supper22.jpgTooker SupperSupper, George Tooker (1963)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/russian-rev-jesus.jpgRussian rev JesusRevolutionary Jesus (Russia, 20th century)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/messina-jesus-tear.jpgAntonella da Messina, Christ at the Pillory (15c)Antonella da Messina, Christ at the Pillory (15c)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/memling-veronica.jpgMemling VeronicaThe original "screen version" of Jesus (Hans Memling, St. Veronica, 1475)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/memling-christ-blessing.jpgHans Memling, Christ Blessing (1478)Hans Memling, Christ Blessing (1478)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/jesus-meek-as-if.pngJesus Meek as ifhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/jesus-catacombs.jpgOne of first bearded Jesuses, Roman catacomb of Comodilla, L4cOne of the earliest images of a bearded Jesus (Roman catacomb of Comodilla, late 4th century)2018-09-15T07:19:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/09/07/faith-meets-works-and-the-winner-is/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/jesus-heals-blind-sm.jpgDuccio di Buoninsegna, Jesus open eyes of man born blindDuccio di Buoninsegna, Jesus open eyes of a man born blind (1311)2018-09-09T15:54:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/08/31/mountains-to-try-our-souls/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/n-cascades-flower-peak-sm.jpgN Cascades flower peak smNorth Cascades National Park (Photo by Jim Friedrich)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/n-cascades-dark-peak-sm.jpgN Cascades dark peak smNorth Cascades National Park (Photo by Jim Friedrich)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mount-purgatory-1370.jpgMount Purgatory 1370Dante and Virgil as the foot of Mount Purgatory (after a 14th century illumination)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jlf-sinai-summit.jpgJLF Sinai summitThe author on the summit of Mount Sinai, 1989.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jlf-sahale-arm.jpgJLF Sahale ArmThe author in the North Cascades, August 2018.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dante-purg-eagle.jpgDante Purg eagleDante carried upward in a dream to Purgatory's gate. (Gustave Dore)2018-09-17T06:28:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/08/20/the-names-of-god/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/nicaea_icon.jpgNicaea_iconEmperor Constantine and bishops holding the Nicene Creed.2018-09-02T03:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/08/05/augusts-feasts-of-light/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/perseids13c.jpegPerseids13CPerseid meteor shower, 2013. (Photo by Jim Friedrich)2018-08-06T05:16:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/07/28/summer-reading/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/women-reading-w-homer.jpgwomen reading W. HomerThe New Novel (Winslow Homer, 1877)2018-07-29T06:56:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/07/15/sacred-dance-training-for-blessedness/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/fra-angelico-heaven-dance.jpgFra Angelico heaven danceThe heavenly dance in Fra Angelico, The Last Judgment (c. 1425)2018-09-02T03:06:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/06/29/are-all-welcome-the-red-hen-and-the-spirit-of-eucharist/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fullsizeoutput_6828.jpegfullsizeoutput_6828Vincent van Gogh, The Potato Eaters (1885)2018-07-05T23:00:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/06/16/all-is-grace-the-spiritual-cinema-of-first-reformed/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/toller-at-waste-site.jpgToller at waste sitehttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/toller-in-pulpit.jpgToller in pulpithttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dcp-at-desk.jpgDCP at desk2019-04-17T17:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/06/06/not-too-late-to-seek-a-newer-world/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/c42dd4a2-1870-4c1d-8d4a-324a466b252e.jpegRobert F. Kennedy2018-06-06T20:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/05/24/when-love-is-the-way/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9211.jpgIMG_9211Magnus Zeller, The Orator, Germany c. 1920 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)2018-05-25T01:17:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/05/10/ascension-day-parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/picture-1.pngPicture 12018-05-10T19:14:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2017/05/25/ascension-day-charade-the-puzzling-exit-of-jesus/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/j-kelly-leap-sm.jpgJ & Kelly leap smhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ascension-limoges.jpgAscension LImogesThe Ascension of Christ, Limoges (Late 16th century)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ascension-perugino.pngAscension PeruginoPietro Perugino, The Ascension of Christ (1495-98) https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ascension-feet.jpgAscension feethttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ets-ascension-2sm.jpgETS Ascension 2smhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cf-crucifixion-set-sm.jpgDSC_0123.JPGThe Rev. 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Friedrich on the set of "Crucifixion and Resurrection" (1956)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ets-ascension-1sm.jpgETS Ascension 1smAscension Day at the Episcopal Theological School, May 4, 1967 (Photo by Jim Friedrich)2018-05-10T14:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/05/01/dante-and-lewis-carroll-walk-into-a-dark-wood/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dante-dark-wood-1.jpgVersion 2Dante goes astray in a dark wood (Gustave Dore, 1870)2020-08-28T14:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/04/18/wars-and-rumors-of-wars/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/wwi-trench-skull.jpgWWI trench skullAntiwar poster, World War Ihttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/va-city-mt-peace-window.jpgVA City MT Peace windowWindow detail, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Virginia City, Montana (1903)2018-05-02T03:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/04/11/magdalene-the-poetic-gospel-of-marie-howe/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/donatello-magdalene.jpgDonatello magdaleneDonatello, Mary Magdalene (late 1430s)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/giotto-noli-me-tangere-padua.jpgGiotto Noli me tangere PaduaGiotto, Noli me tangere (Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, 1304-6)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/magdalene-cu-dot.jpgMagdalene CU DOTJoanne Dru as Mary Magdalene in Day of Triumph 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(1460)2018-03-26T06:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/02/10/which-light-do-we-belong-to-a-transfiguration-homily/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/armenian-transfiguration.jpgArmenian TransfigurationThe Transfiguration (Armenian Gospel, 1038)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_8961.jpgIMG_8961The Transfiguration (Sr. Abraham, Ethiopian community in Jerusalem, 1990)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/time-nuke-cover.jpgTime nuke cover2018-02-11T19:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2016/08/25/a-night-at-the-troubadour-discovering-david-ackles-and-elton-john/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/david-ackles-sm.jpgDavid Ackles smDavid Ackles singing at the author's ordination, Sept. 17, 1970 (Photo by Marilyn Robertson)2018-05-11T16:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/01/30/what-will-you-wish-you-had-said/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8928.jpgIMG_8928Listening to voices from the end of life at Spoken/Unspoken.(Photo by Jim Friedrich)2018-02-07T16:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/01/21/be-known-to-us-in-the-music-we-make/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_8905.jpgimg_8905Ted Mercer leads a song at the California Sacred Harp Convention.2018-02-07T16:53:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2018/01/12/epiphanies-in-the-temples-of-wonder/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teton-winter-pines.jpgTeton winter pinesGrand Teton National Park, Winter 1979 (Photo by Jim Friedrich)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/chartres-north-rose-window.jpgChartres North Rose WindowNorth rose window, Chartres cathedralhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/turner-interior-at-petworth.jpgTurner Interior at PetworthJ.M.W. 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Sinai (12th century)https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cropped-alleluia-ashes-2.jpgcropped-alleluia-ashes-2.jpg2019-04-17T16:58:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2016/02/01/the-light-we-may-not-see-thoughts-on-dust-and-transfiguration/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eliason-baptistry.jpgEliason baptistry"Beauty": Olafur Eliasson (1993)2016-02-08T15:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2016/01/27/the-holy-grail-of-cinema-jacques-rivettes-out-1/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/new-wave-button.jpgNew Wave buttonhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/out-1-emilie-mirror.jpgOut 1 - Emilie mirrorEmilie/Pauline (Bulle Ogier) in Jacques Rivette's Out 1 (1971)2016-01-30T20:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2016/01/16/ten-questions-to-ask-about-your-own-picture-of-jesus/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jesus-sits-with-gun.jpgJesus sits with gunFrom the Internet, definitely a "not-Jesus".https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jeffrey-hunter-jc.pngJeffrey Hunter JC"I was a teenage Jesus" - Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus in Nicholas Ray's King of Kings (1961)2016-02-23T06:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/12/31/tick-tock-thoughts-for-new-years-eve/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/biennale-clock-sm.jpgBiennale clock smFiona Hall installation, Australian pavilion, Venice Biennale 20152016-01-01T02:09:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/12/24/brief-prologue-for-the-nativity/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/murano-virgin-sm.jpgMurano Virgin smApse mosaic, Basilica dei Santi Maria e Donato, Murano, Venezia (12th century)2015-12-28T16:56:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/12/21/unsilent-night-an-advent-revelation/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sun-in-black-sky.jpgSun in black sky2015-12-22T15:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/12/17/the-o-antiphons-drenched-in-the-speech-of-god/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bellini-praying-hands-sm.jpgBellini praying hands smGiovanni Bellini, Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and Magdalene (detail), c. 1500, Accademia, Venice2015-12-20T05:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/12/08/god-isnt-fixing-this/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st-johns-advent-wall-1.jpgSt John's Advent wall 1https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/god-isnt-fixing-this.pngGod isn't fixing thishttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/god-hears-our-prayers.pngGod hears our prayers2015-12-09T22:00:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/11/29/reprise-ten-ways-to-keep-a-holy-advent/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image7.jpegimage2015-11-30T02:01:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/11/24/we-are-the-singers-of-life-not-of-death/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/angels-simon-marmion-1459.jpgAngels, Simon Marmion, 1459A Choir of Angels (detail), Simon Marmion, 14592015-11-24T22:23:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/11/19/after-paris-and-beirut-what-kind-of-story-shall-we-tell/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image6.jpegimageBarthelemy Toguo, wood stamp from tree trunk, Venice Biennale 20152015-11-20T07:06:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/11/13/do-not-fear-reflections-on-the-venice-colloquium/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image4.jpegimageRashad Alakbarov, "The Union of Fire and Water"https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image3.jpegimageJaume Plensa, "Together"https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image2.jpegimageJaume Plensa, "Together"https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image.jpegimage2015-11-13T22:42:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/10/30/tending-the-lamps-of-holy-imagination/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image1.jpegimage2015-10-31T14:15:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/10/21/bill-violas-martyrs/2015-10-22T01:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/10/07/dreaming-the-church-that-wants-to-be/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/neil-3q-poster.jpgNeil 3Q posterThe Rev. Neil Lambert diagrams his ecclesiastical dream.2015-10-18T22:47:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/09/24/pope-francis-goes-to-washington-and-brings-dorothy-day/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dorothy-day-protest-sign.jpgDorothy Day protest signDorothy Day at New York peace demonstration, April 17, 1959 (photograph by Vivian Cherry)2015-09-29T15:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/09/23/the-summers-final-mass/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image2.jpgimageA perfect summer moment: Blue moon rises on the last day of July 2015.2015-10-18T22:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/09/12/late-summer-days-and-the-shadows-of-impermanence/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nelson-cruz-at-bat.jpgNelson Cruz at batNelson Cruz2015-09-15T16:36:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/09/04/show-me-a-coin-a-stewardship-reflection/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tiberius-silver-coin.jpgtiberius-silver-coinRoman coin with the head of the emperor Tiberius. The inscription may contain a claim of divinity.2015-09-04T23:01:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/05/27/cave-of-the-apocalypse/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image1.jpgimageThe monastery rises above the village of Chora.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image.jpgimageKatholikon of the Holy Monastery of St. John the Theologian2015-09-02T19:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/02/11/solitude-part-1/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/onuphrius-icon.jpgOnuphrius iconSt. Onuphrius2015-09-02T18:26:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/08/30/delightful-wonderful-incomparable-thoughts-about-holy-spaces/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tate-sun.jpgTate sunOlafur Eliason, The weather project (2003) at Tate Modern, Londonhttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wheeler-rm-669.jpgWheeler RM 669Doug Wheeler, RM 669 (1969)2015-09-01T16:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/08/22/the-questions-that-matter/2015-08-25T13:33:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/08/12/one-vast-miracle/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/perseids-sm.jpegPerseids (sm)2015-08-13T17:06:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/07/30/owl-among-the-ruins-what-shall-we-do-with-empty-churches/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dutch-repurposed-church.jpgDutch repurposed churchNetherlands church converted to private residence.2015-08-01T01:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/07/16/paying-attention/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image3.jpgimageSummer day, Deschutes River, eastern Oregon.https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image.jpgimageSummer morning, eastern Oregon.2015-07-18T17:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/07/03/july-4th-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/jasper-johns-map-1961-sm.jpgJasper Johns Map 1961 smMap (Jasper Johns, 1961)2015-07-04T02:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/06/28/but-now-i-see/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/traherne-cross-hereford.jpgTraherne cross HerefordWindow in Hereford Cathedral for Anglican visionary Thomas Traherne (Tom Denny, 2007)2015-06-30T14:15:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/06/21/now-welcome-summer/2015-06-22T19:01:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/06/11/three-things-you-should-know-about-the-trinity-part-2/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/andrei-rublev-trin.jpgandrei-rublev-TrinAndrei Rublev, The Holy Trinity (1425)2015-06-12T23:22:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/06/02/three-things-you-should-know-about-the-trinity-part-1/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/louvre-trinity.jpegLouvre TrinityThe Trinity is hard to visualize, as this late Gothic painting from the Louvre demonstrates.2015-06-11T21:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/05/18/every-day-a-miracle/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image7.jpgimagehttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image6.jpgimageDimitris Kolioussishttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image5.jpgimageNick Hunthttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image4.jpgimage2015-05-19T20:33:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2014/04/15/small-steps/2015-05-18T19:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/05/11/stairway-to-heaven/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image3.jpgimagehttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image2.jpgimagehttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image1.jpgimagehttps://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image.jpgimage2015-05-12T03:34:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/05/06/the-beautiful-voyage/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/parthenon-large-image.jpgparthenon-large-image2015-05-07T22:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jimfriedrich.com/2015/04/26/the-voice-that-calls-us-a-reflection-for-good-shepherd-sunday/https://jimfriedrich.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/good-shepherd.jpgGood ShepherdThe Good Shepherd (Asia Minor, c. 390; 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