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View of Emily Dickinson's bedroom at the Dickinson Homestead, Amherst, Massachusetts by Unknown artist
Frida Kahlo, wife of Rivera, a painter herself (Frida Kahlo in her bed) by Gisèle Freund
Resting with the Ancestors by Charlie Watts and Tricia Hersey

Making Room for Care and Creativity

2 Kings 4:8-37

399 Days by Rachel Kneebone
The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple by Taddeo Gaddi
“TS_04” by Rhea Karam

The Matter of the Temple

2 Chronicles 2

Hagar by Karel Gomes
Abraham's Farewell to Ishmael by George Segal
Hagar by Edmonia Lewis

Get Out

Genesis 21:8–21

Jesus and Peter on the Water by Paula Jordan
Christ Walking on the Water (Calling of Saint Peter) by Philipp Otto Runge
The Drowning Dog by Francisco de Goya

Walking on the Water

Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-52; John 6:16-21

Miraculous Draft of Fishes by Peter Paul Rubens
La Pêche aux poissons des abysses (The Whale) by Giulio Romano
Miraculous Draft of Fishes by Peter Paul Rubens

Fishing for People

Luke 5:1–11

Jesus is taken down from the Cross (Station of the Cross no. 13) by Engelbert Mveng
The Laufacher Pieta by The Laufacher Pieta
The Lamentation of Christ (Beweinung Christi) by Willem Key

A Sword Will Pierce Your Own Heart Also

Luke 2:34–35

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by William H. Johnson
The Fiery Ascent of the Prophet Elijah by Unknown artist
Elijah Went Up by a Whirlwind into Heaven (Chariot of Fire) by Shlomo Katz

Elijah's Ascent

2 Kings 2:1–12

Bread Line by Lynn Aldrich
Twilight in the Wilderness by Frederic Edwin Church
The Seven Species Menorah by Eliezer Weishoff

Remember, Do Not Forget

Deuteronomy 8

Illuminated initial V depicting the Vocation of Jeremiah, from Dover Bible, vol. I (Bibliorum Pars I) by Unknown artist
Black City on Gold River by William Congdon
Snow Hill by Andrew Wyeth

An Infinite Calling

Jeremiah 1

The Dance of Miriam and preparation for Seder, from the Golden Haggadah by Unknown artist
The Song of Miriam by Luca Giordano
Miriam's Song of Praise by Wilhelm Hensel

The Song of Miriam

Exodus 15:20–21

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