David A. Campton
@virtualmethodist.bsky.social
Husband, father, Methodist minister, writer, with an uninformed interest in all kinds of stuff, but fed up with fights on social media.
A piece written years ago, but which is based on today's Gospel reading... although I suspect its a reading that may not feature in too many carol services this morning...
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Light Breaks into the Dungeon of Doubt (a Re-Blog)
As I said in a previous re-blog of this monologue, it may seem out of tune withe the tinsel and bright lights of this time of ye...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A piece written years ago, but which is based on today's Gospel reading... although I suspect its a reading that may not feature in too many carol services this morning...
virtualmethodist.blogspot.com/2025/12/ligh...
virtualmethodist.blogspot.com/2025/12/ligh...
#AdventArt 17: 'Saint John the Baptist in the Prison' an oil painting by Juan Fernández Navarrete (1565-70) in the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
#AdventArt 17: 'Saint John the Baptist in the Prison' an oil painting by Juan Fernández Navarrete (1565-70) in the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 16: 'Saint John the Baptist' a Tempera and oil painting by Alvise Vivarini (ca. 1475) in the collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, Spain. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
#AdventArt 16: 'Saint John the Baptist' a Tempera and oil painting by Alvise Vivarini (ca. 1475) in the collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, Spain. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 15: 'Ruth holding the infant Obed' a fresco by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1508-12) in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
#AdventArt 15: 'Ruth holding the infant Obed' a fresco by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1508-12) in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
The MCI recently circulated this old poem by me as part of their resources for those organising services to help those dealing with bereavement at this time of year. However I think it speaks into all sorts of dark and difficult spaces...
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Non-Annunciation (a Re-blog)
I am being very environmentally friendly with all the recycling of old stuff... For the various seasonal services I've been plan...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The MCI recently circulated this old poem by me as part of their resources for those organising services to help those dealing with bereavement at this time of year. However I think it speaks into all sorts of dark and difficult spaces...
virtualmethodist.blogspot.com/2025/12/non-...
virtualmethodist.blogspot.com/2025/12/non-...
#AdventArt 14: 'Ruth, Orpah, and Naomi' a marble relief by Edward S. Bartholomew (1855) in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#AdventArt 14: 'Ruth, Orpah, and Naomi' a marble relief by Edward S. Bartholomew (1855) in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 13: 'Milky Way' an aquatint by Pat Steir (2000) in the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#AdventArt 13: 'Milky Way' an aquatint by Pat Steir (2000) in the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 12: 'Desert Willow' an oil painting by Agnes Pelton (1950s) frim the collection of Dr. Nancy Strow Sheley. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#AdventArt 12: 'Desert Willow' an oil painting by Agnes Pelton (1950s) frim the collection of Dr. Nancy Strow Sheley. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 11: 'Der Krieg (Triptychon)' an oil and tempera triptych by Otto Dix (1929-32) in the Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#AdventArt 11: 'Der Krieg (Triptychon)' an oil and tempera triptych by Otto Dix (1929-32) in the Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 10: 'John the Baptist' a wood print by John Farleigh (1934) in the Prints and Drawings Department of the British Museum, London. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#AdventArt 10: 'John the Baptist' a wood print by John Farleigh (1934) in the Prints and Drawings Department of the British Museum, London. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 9: 'Moonlight' an oil painting by Edvard Munch (1895) in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, Norway. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#AdventArt 9: 'Moonlight' an oil painting by Edvard Munch (1895) in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, Norway. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 8: 'Saint Matthias' an oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens (c 1610-12) in the Museo Nacional Del Prado, Madrid, Spain. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
#AdventArt 8: 'Saint Matthias' an oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens (c 1610-12) in the Museo Nacional Del Prado, Madrid, Spain. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 7: 'Landscape with Olive Tree and Mountains in the Background' an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh (December 1889) in a private collection. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#AdventArt 7: 'Landscape with Olive Tree and Mountains in the Background' an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh (December 1889) in a private collection. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 6: 'Rainy Season in the Tropics' an oil painting by Frederic Edwin Church (1866) in the de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#AdventArt 6: 'Rainy Season in the Tropics' an oil painting by Frederic Edwin Church (1866) in the de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 5: 'Dove of Peace' a drawing by Pablo Picasso (1949). (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#AdventArt 5: 'Dove of Peace' a drawing by Pablo Picasso (1949). (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
Today is the 10th Anniversary of the death of Father Gerry Reynolds. So with that in mind I post this and, with everything else, I will try to let things unfold...
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Benedictus - In Memoriam (a reblog)
10 Days ago I joined many others at Clonard Monastery for the 10th Anniversary Memorial of the death of Father Gerry Reynolds. Honestly, I w...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today is the 10th Anniversary of the death of Father Gerry Reynolds. So with that in mind I post this and, with everything else, I will try to let things unfold...
virtualmethodist.blogspot.com/2025/11/bene...
virtualmethodist.blogspot.com/2025/11/bene...
#AdventArt 4: 'Salvation Mountain' an envirnmental installation by Leonard Knight (1984-2014) near Slab City, southern California, USA. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
November 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
#AdventArt 4: 'Salvation Mountain' an envirnmental installation by Leonard Knight (1984-2014) near Slab City, southern California, USA. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 3: 'Building Noah's Ark' a fresco by Piero di Puccio (14th century) in the Campo Santo, Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, Italy. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#AdventArt 3: 'Building Noah's Ark' a fresco by Piero di Puccio (14th century) in the Campo Santo, Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, Italy. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 2: 'Street lamp with one way sign' a sculpture by Alexander Calder (1926-31) in the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#AdventArt 2: 'Street lamp with one way sign' a sculpture by Alexander Calder (1926-31) in the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#AdventArt 1: 'The Allies Entering Jerusalem, 11 December 1917 by the Jaffa Gate" an oil painting by James McBey (1917-19) in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#AdventArt 1: 'The Allies Entering Jerusalem, 11 December 1917 by the Jaffa Gate" an oil painting by James McBey (1917-19) in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year A from Vanderbilt University)
#ArtintheOrdinary 163: 'Destiny' an oil painting by Henry Tayali (1962-66) in the Lechwe Trust Gallery in Zambia. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year C from Vanderbilt University)
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
#ArtintheOrdinary 163: 'Destiny' an oil painting by Henry Tayali (1962-66) in the Lechwe Trust Gallery in Zambia. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year C from Vanderbilt University)
#ArtintheOrdinary 162: 'The New Jerusalem' an engraving by Gustave Doré (1866) produced as an illustration for La Grande Bible de Tours. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year C from Vanderbilt University)
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#ArtintheOrdinary 162: 'The New Jerusalem' an engraving by Gustave Doré (1866) produced as an illustration for La Grande Bible de Tours. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year C from Vanderbilt University)
#ArtintheOrdinary 161: 'Dawn, Killary Harbour' oil painting by Paul Henry (1921) in the Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year C from Vanderbilt University)
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
#ArtintheOrdinary 161: 'Dawn, Killary Harbour' oil painting by Paul Henry (1921) in the Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year C from Vanderbilt University)
#ArtintheOrdinary 160 'Let the Little Children Come to Me' by Lucas Cranach the Elder (c.1538) in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year C from Vanderbilt University)
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#ArtintheOrdinary 160 'Let the Little Children Come to Me' by Lucas Cranach the Elder (c.1538) in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany. (Posts based on the Daily Revised Common Lectionary for Year C from Vanderbilt University)