November 21st, 2009 by admin
- Depiction of a Soul Being Carried to Heaven by Two Angels. Image via Wikipedia
Author: Doc Miller
“What color is an angel?”
I looked up from the book I was reading to see my 7-year-old granddaughter with a large box of crayons spread out on the floor above a coloring book.
“Is it a boy angel or a girl angel?” I asked. “A boy,” she responded. “Then use a light blue crayon,” I concluded and went back to my book.
However, since then I’ve been thinking about how a simple question by a yet unpolluted child can’t always be answered so simply. How many colors do angels have? How many kinds of angels can you name? (more…)
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September 6th, 2009 by Kathleen
Here is another of the beloved guardian angel paintings, this one of African American children with an angel who appears African American, too.
Angels are visualized by every people in their own way. In fact, it is sometimes hard to be sure whether the spirits depicted or described are angels or some other kind of benevolent spirits. There is no doubt about this angel, though.
Compare this angel with the lovely Kwanzaa angel I wrote about a few months ago, and you will see the difference. Both are beautiful, but one has more African influence, and the Kwanzaa angel painting is strong, contemporary and original.
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February 8th, 2009 by Kathleen
Doesn’t the garden in the photo below seem like a wonderful place of serenity for prayer and meditation, no matter what your religious beliefs?
Imagine sitting among the beautiful flowers, watched by the gentle eyes of this guardian angel sculpture.
Does an angelic presence dwell in this garden?
Having a serene place to meditate and pray. What a blessing!
Celestial Garden
Art Print by Birkenstock,…
11.5 in. x 17.1875 in.
Buy at AllPosters.com
It is not known precisely where angels dwell—whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God’s pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. —Voltaire
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