creative Archive

  • The Wish Tree

    Posted on September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
    I had my five year old daughter with me and I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't get her very interested in the bronzes. Then we turned the corner and beheld the Wish Tree.

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  • The Nursery Window

    Posted on August 4, 2011 | 2 Comments
    "Long ago," he said, "I thought like you that my mother would always keep the window open for me, so I stayed away for moons and moons and moons, and then flew back; but the window was barred, for mother had forgotten all about me, and there was another little boy sleeping in my bed."

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  • Talents: Addition and Multiplication

    Posted on March 10, 2011 | 9 Comments
    This is a guest post from a favorite reader and commenter, Corktree. It may sound simplistic (or just serving of my purpose), but I’ve always read the parable of the talents to mean actual talents.   It’s just easy to see how one might be […]

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  • Scenes from a Trip to Europe

    Posted on January 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Megan M. (one of Heather’s former students) is an orchestra director at a middle school in Texas, an amazing violinist, a photographer, and a painter as well!   Here are a few of her favorite shots from a trip to Europe:

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  • Jars

    Posted on January 21, 2011 | 6 Comments
    From Dayna Patterson's new book, 'Loose Threads'.

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  • Memorial

    Posted on January 5, 2011 | 2 Comments
    This week Heather visited the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. On a large wall she found inscribed these words: “We come here to remember those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever.   May all who leave here know the impact of violence. […]

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  • Lime Trees

    Posted on November 26, 2010 | 4 Comments
    A 'High Dynamic Range' vision of Limes, grass and sky.

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  • Adventures in the Hill Country

    Posted on November 4, 2010 | 8 Comments
    These photographs were taken by Amanda Mixon, who is currently studying for an MA in English at Texas State University.

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  • Mother and Daughter

    Posted on November 2, 2010 | 4 Comments
    This photograph was taken by our very own O’Q, whose combination of High Dynamic Range photography with the depth of colour in this image express a both vast and intense representation of maternal love.

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  • Stone at Beauvoir

    Posted on October 29, 2010 | 3 Comments
    These pictures were taken by Erika Rebstock: a therapist, a do-it-yourself-home-renovator extraordinaire, a Diet Dr. Pepper addict (/aficionado?), and the owner of DRY, Ink Photography.

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  • Scenes from Europe

    Posted on October 27, 2010 | 7 Comments
    Alina Taylor took these photographs while travelling in France and Spain.

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  • Through a Glass, Textured Seasons

    Posted on October 22, 2010 | 6 Comments
    Jeremi Broadhurst captured these beautiful glimpses of nature, in her distinctive style.

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  • Like a Stone

    Posted on October 19, 2010 | 6 Comments
    These photographs were taken by Brent D. Beal of Wisdom Like a Stone, in Washington State.

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  • Cara’s Story

    Posted on October 16, 2010 | 4 Comments
    A poem, by Andy. Perhaps this is your story, too.

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  • ‘Autumn Colours’

    Posted on October 15, 2010 | 8 Comments
    Ren took the photographs that make up this collage at the Quaking Bog in Wirth Park, Minneapolis. She said: ‘Autumn is my favorite season. Every day there are subtle changes and before long the trees are laid bare. It’s nature’s swan song before winter’s rest. […]

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  • Untitled Poem

    Posted on October 13, 2010 | 12 Comments
    Cheryl, who wrote this poem for Doves & Serpents, asked if our readership had any ideas for the title. Please share your thoughts, feelings and possible titles in the comments below. You are a God of temples, Celestial rooms and light; Of spotless sunlit windows […]

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  • Moses and the Rock

    Posted on October 9, 2010 | 3 Comments
    Aaron Reeves is a doctoral student of Sociology, and the co-creator of 'Crumpets and Decaff', a publication and website that seeks to promote the production and exploration of British Mormon cultural products...

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  • Original Poetry: ‘This Universe is Too Wide For Us’

    Posted on October 4, 2010 | 7 Comments
    We're pleased to have original creative work on D&S from time to time. Here's a short poem by Andy.

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