A few years ago, a friend and I went to London.  We were poor and
after paying for an expensive plane ticket we could only afford free
museums.  As we walked the hushed halls gazing upward to the infamous
works of Reoir, Monet, and Andy Warhol, I began to experience God in
creativity.  The images of others moved me to acts of prayer,
contemplation, and even repentance.

As we think about the Season of Lent and the image of communion, I
found some images I thought I would share with the community.  The
word communion means a sharing or exchanging of intimate feelings.
How appropriate to share something so intimate for myself with the
rest of the Crosspoint community!  These images are expressions of
different people’s interactions with God through artwork.  They
display idea of communion, the Last Supper, and the pouring out of
Christ blood and body.  As I view them I try to get inside the mind of
the artist.  What was he/she thinking during the creative process?
What images did he/she make most prominent?  I also try to feel how
the image reflects in my own life.  What piece in the picture moves
me?  How do I see God in creative acts of worship?  I live in the
tension of the artist and patron.  I also try to find a different
perspective of God I have never witnessed before in art.

Luke 22:7-22
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had
to be sacrificed. 8Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make
preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
“Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.
He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will
meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner
of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may
eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large upper
room, all furnished. Make preparations there.”
They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they
prepared the Passover.
When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And
he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you
before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it
finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”  After taking the cup, he
gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. For I tell
you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom
of God comes.” And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave
it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in
remembrance of me.”
In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup
is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. But the
hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. The
Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who
betrays him.”

Submitted by Erin James, Pastoral Intern, Crosspoint Fellowship