Did you spot the two figures standing further up the slope watching the downward rush of the waterfall? Take a better look at Hokusai's 19th-c. Japanese print in our exhibition on Psalm 29: thevcs.org/gods-stormy-vo…

'You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored?' Pieter Claesz.' painted salt cellar, heaped with salt, is monumental, and commands our attention. Our Exhibition of the Week is called Salt and Light: thevcs.org/salt-and-light…

The word used for ‘lamp’ in the Greek text of the Gospels (lychnos) denotes a portable lamp, usually set on a stand, just like the Coptic bronze lamp featured here. Find out more about this remarkable object in our Exhibition of the Week, Salt and Light: thevcs.org/salt-and-light…

My #MaterialMysticism Comment interview with Chloë Reddaway, featuring a new Brepols book, the The Visual Commentary on Scripture , Ben Quash & much more: “The Virgin’s womb is full; the tomb is empty; and the mercy of God is wider than my imagination.” comment.org/a-wedding-in-l…

Today, many Christians celebrate #Augustine. Jaime Huguet painted this sumptuous altarpiece of Augustine’s consecration as bishop of Hippo for the Augustine friary in Barcelona. Read about it on the VCS: thevcs.org/pastures-gods-…

The monk kissing St Cuthbert's feet in this medieval miniature is believed to be the Venerable Bede. Cuthbert, whose name means ‘bright-mannered’, is depicted in episcopal garb. Read about this manuscript illumination in our Exhibition of the Week: thevcs.org/salt-and-light…

Our Exhibition of the Week is called 'Salt and Light' and is on Matthew 5:13–16; Mark 4:21–23; 9:49–50; and Luke 8:16; 14:34–35. It features a painting by Pieter Claesz., a miniature of St Cuthbert, and a Coptic lamp. Read the Comparative Commentary: thevcs.org/salt-and-light…

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Over fourteen years, James Hampton slowly constructed what would prove to be his only major work: The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly. Read about this extraordinary throne in our Exhibition of the Week on Isaiah 6: thevcs.org/holy-holy-holy…

Giotto's frescoes in the Upper Church of the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi are among the most canonical in the history of art. In the scene of Francis’s stigmatisation, the depiction of the seraph seems to recall elements of the vision of Isaiah 6: thevcs.org/holy-holy-holy…

Rowan LeCompte’s stained-glass depiction of Isaiah at Washington National Cathedral represents a spiritual attitude of availability and receptivity to the command of God. Read or listen to the third commentary in our Exhibition of the Week on Isaiah 6: thevcs.org/holy-holy-holy…

Our Exhibition of the Week is called 'Holy, Holy, Holy' and is on Isaiah 6. It features a fresco of Saint Francis by Giotto, a home-made throne by James Hampton, and stained glass by Rowan LeCompte. Read or listen to the Comparative Commentary here: thevcs.org/holy-holy-holy…

Our Exhibition of the Week explores John 3:16–21: 'For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.' (John 3:16) Click on the link to read about a second-century Roman sculpture: thevcs.org/power-love#glo…

#DamienHirst placed dead, exotic, and variously coloured butterflies onto a pair of canvasses painted with household gloss white and black paint. 'Monument to the Living and the Dead' offers us a way into the surprise hidden within the dualism of John 3:16–21. Click on the link

Emily Carr's 'Scorned as Timber, Beloved of Sky' was made as commentary on environmental devastation. The juxtaposition of the sky with the trees helps us to enter the tragedy John 3:16–21 depicts. Read about the third work in our Exhibition of the Week: thevcs.org/power-love#sco…

Our Exhibition of the Week is on John 3:16–21 and is called 'The Power of Love'. It features an antique sculpture known as the Farnese Atlas, a work by Damien Hirst, and a painting by Emily Carr. Click here to read the Comparative Commentary: thevcs.org/power-love#tel…