It will be on exhibit during Lent 2018.
The
Garden of Gethsemane was part of a pilgrimage to Israel I had the
privilege to experience in 2009. The trees in the ancient olive
grove seen today are offspring of trees that were growing in Jesus
day. Some of the large old trees are 900 years old.
Using
photos from my trip, I sketched one of the old gnarled trees with
younger trees in the distance. Jesus prayed in agony at night so I
wanted to create an atmosphere of darkness and heaviness, but at the
same time give a glimpse of hope. The same Holy Spirit that
descended on Jesus at His baptism was his Comforter and ours as we
experience the peace with God that Jesus sacrifice made possible.
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