The most effective and lasting way to teach is through how we arrange and prioritize spaces. The ancients knew this well, and they learned vast amounts of story, scriptures, and sermons by associating ideas with places that were familiar to them. In daily life, our movements around our homes, classrooms, work spaces, and churches teach us just as much as the lessons we might study in those places. This human way of learning in three dimensions is a wonderful asset for sharing the faith with children with disabilities, impairments, and neurodivergences. Unlike the speech or reading or heavily language-based ways of teaching that fail to engage the attention or enable the interaction of children with disabilities, this prayer corner is a meaningful way to…
writing, autism, & theology as a mother of joy
Posts tagged “icons”
This weekend is the St. Barbara Greek Festival here in Durham. (It’s on from 11-9 tomorrow, too.) My husband and I are both participating. He’s running an iconography demonstration booth, and I sang at the church tours. Chanting in my babywrap, y’all, because I’m classy. Baby girl hung out with her dad while I sang. I was caring for baby girl most of the day, but I got to talk with a few people about the church building. I always mention the different time in liturgy, kairos (pronounced Kir-os). Past, present, and future happen at once. The icons help us to see this reality, and we are drawn into God’s time and God’s presence. And then the setting sun does the talking for…
Categories: christian, faith, family, iconography, icons, music, north carolina, spiritual formation, traditions
Tagged: closeness to God, enter in, God's time, icons
All of my plans for the blog this weekend (contacting winners, posting the next interview) have been postponed. My youngest caught a tummy bug, and then the rest of us got it. I’ll be back on track once we are all recovered. This is a major part of writing like a mother! You have to prioritize. And my family wins. Here’s a short video I made for my sister just before we all got sick: The icons for the first part were written by my husband. Peace to you.
Categories: christian, faith, iconography, icons, instruction manual for my family, music, traditions, writing as woman
Tagged: amazing grace, candleight, icons, night, prayer
Instruction Manual for My Family: How to be an Iconographer’s Spouse
Summer Kinard
Posted on November 15, 2012
I’m not much of a housekeeper, but I can totally do a household tip series on having an iconographer in the house: 1) Don’t assume the children put the red clay all over the counter. 2) Remember: part of the egg that is stuck to the bottom of the kitchen sink is also stuck on Jesus’ face. 3) Don’t look at the carpet under the icon workshop. Pretend the ground-in pigments are an extension of the art. 4) Check the quality of the paint brush left out on the counter before you set it to soak in the old jar where you rehabilitate the kids’ brushes. If it has Russian on it, leave it alone. An iconographer will soon be by to sort it…
