LITURGICAL ART
Creating Beauty Where We Are
Calling all artists: submit work for our Lent Prayer Guide and Lent Reflections booklet.
We’re seeking visual pieces that help create space for reflection, repentance, and hope during Lent. Use the prompt below as a guide for themes and tones we’re looking for—quiet, contemplative imagery; symbols of renewal, soil, light, and shadow; simple, tender depictions of longing, confession, restoration, and God’s presence in the ordinary. We are also open to pieces that stretch or loosely defy those boundaries.
If you’d like to submit artwork, please complete the submission form below. Space is limited, so we won’t be able to include every submission, but we will do our best to feature as many pieces as we can.
Writers interested in future creative writing opportunities may sign up for the separate mailing list form. Thank you for helping shape this season of prayer and reflection.
Call for Lent Submissions in Print
Why We Do it
Liturgical art beautifully transforms our worship space, setting the tone for each season and inviting the congregation into a deeper experience of faith and reflection. Through their creativity, our artists not only share their personal expressions of belief but also inspire the entire community to engage more fully in the sacred rhythms of our church year.
Advent Reflections & Responses
Advent Prayer Guide Gallery
Advent Art (2025)
Approximately a dozen artists collaborated this year to create Advent art. Each artist worked diligently and thoughtfully to produce a piece representing a unique interpretation of walking through the wilderness with God.
Luke 8: Reflections & Responses
Advent Art (2024)
Approximately a dozen artists collaborated this year to create Advent art. Each artist worked diligently and thoughtfully to produce a piece representing a unique interpretation of Luke 8.
Mandie Anderson
What would we do if God made each of us utterly identical? Well, we would probably do the same thing all the time for one. But that’s not true for us. We have each been fearfully and wonderfully made in his image, everyone having their own personality and full of their own quirks. Mandie is a professional observer of God’s creativity. I had the opportunity to catch up with Mandie to learn more about her story and her process of lovingly depicting human experiences.
“Untitled” and “Place of the Skull”
Esther Gray
All history is relative, and no item is too mundane. These are just a few things that we can learn from Esther’s pieces which were used for our Ordinary Time II and Mercy Movement worship guide covers. Esther is a very methodic artist who has the ability to use any item at her disposal when making her art. In fact, she prefers it. Keep reading to learn more.
“In Your Mercy”
Melanie MacKillop
Do you remember our wonderful still-life series that was used from Palm Sunday (April 2nd) to the end of Eastertide (April 21st)? Melanie MacKillop created four still-life photos that represented Palm Sunday, Holy Week (Prayer Nights), Good Friday, and Easter Sunday which was used for the remainder of Eastertide. In case you didn’t know, much of what Melanie used in her photos were pieces that she found around her house. I got a chance to meet with Melanie and learn a little bit more about her process.
“Quest”
“Frames” by Barbara Knuckles
Interviewed by Kyle Ragsdale, hear from Barb Knuckles, long-time Redeemer member and artist, about the frames she has repurposed to honor her father Robert J. Hoffman (1930-2017).
Advent Reflections
Check out this year’s liturgical art exhibition book for Advent.
This features written and visual pieces from varied voices within the congregation. These pieces reflect many different emotions that can arise during this time.
Download or view the PDF here.
