EMBODIED Unbound
Creative Resources for Easter
What is more true than divine love embodied in flesh and bone? Divine love that is let loose in the world—released, unbound.
As a continuation of EMBODIED Lent, this bundle celebrates a God who not only slips into skin, but steps beyond the grave. God is not only embodied in the person of Jesus—God is everywhere.
If you haven't been using our EMBODIED theme for Lent, you may still be interested in our visual art and poetic prayers, as they can be used for different themes and directions.
Bundle includes visual art, creative liturgy, written reflections, and graphics.
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$55 Total Bundle Value
This mini bundle provides creative resources for the season of Eastertide. Includes 28 digital files for visual art, EMBODIED Unbound graphics, and New Life poetic prayers.
This mini bundle provides creative resources for the season of Eastertide. Includes 28 digital files for visual art, EMBODIED Unbound graphics, and New Life poetic prayers.
This mini bundle provides creative resources for the season of Eastertide. Includes 28 digital files for visual art, EMBODIED Unbound graphics, and New Life poetic prayers.
This mini bundle provides creative resources for the season of Eastertide. Includes 28 digital files for visual art, EMBODIED Unbound graphics, and New Life poetic prayers.
Note: ALL RESOURCES ARE DIGITAL DOWNLOADS. Upon purchase, you will receive a link to a download. Download this .zip file IMMEDIATELY, as this link expires within 24 hrs. If you have any difficulties or questions, feel free to email us! Please review our Licensing Terms prior to purchase.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUNDLE:
{All of the following resources are included in the bundle, but each resource is also available separately for individual purchase}
1. New Life Poetic Prayers
[Individual Price: $5]
These 5 short poetic prayers reflect on themes of new life & resurrection in a way that feels personal and intimate. Honest and pure, they imagine what new life truly feels like—for us and for God. We hope you might adapt them for worship or print them as they are for members in your community to read and return to throughout Eastertide.
You rose from the dead.
You rose from the dead, so morning after morning I will rise from my bed
with the hope of loving bigger than the day before,
for the dawn feels more precious in the days after Easter. Doesn’t it?
—Sarah Are, excerpt from "Dawn."
"What did it feel like, when breath came back into your lungs?” I asked.
God smiled at me and said, “You know the golden hour, right before sunset?”
“Yes,” I whispered.
“It felt like standing in an open field, in the center of the sun’s attention—warm and safe, starstruck by the earth’s beauty, and so aware that time here matters.
Do you know that feeling?” God asked.
—Sarah Are, excerpt from "New Life"
[Individual Price: $20]
This is a pair of visuals inspired by the RCL gospel scripture texts for Easter day (Year B). Download includes files formatted for print and web/projection, written reflections on each visual (and how it offers commentary on the scripture), and a short visio divina guide for using the art in a group practice of visual meditation.
In this image, I wanted to convey an abstract figure tugged by the tension of light and dark. The figure simultaneously emerges from the darkness of death and also appears to be sailing into light. God’s presence is no longer physically embodied, but released, unbound.
—Lisle Gwynn Garrity, "Everywhere" (Inspired by Mark 16: 1-8)
God’s unbinding, God’s release, proof—all wrapped up in the linens left behind. With a sense of knowing and a feeling of understanding, John and Peter’s eyes rested for the first time on these discarded pieces of fabric. The miracle rushed upon them.
—Hannah Garrity, "Unbound" (Inspired by John 20: 1-18)
[Individual Price: $30]
As a continuation of our EMBODIED lent graphic logo, this design offers visual symbolism for the season of Eastertide. Download includes files for print and web so you can use them for projecting images and slides in worship, printing on bulletins, study materials, church publications, and advertising your worship on your website and online.
For this icon, I decided to keep the outward rays of the EMBODIED icon and transform the inside to represent the stone rolled away from the tomb with light pouring into that dark, bleak, hopeless space.
—Lauren Wright Pittman, graphic artist
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[This resource is one of many in our Holy Week Bundle]
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Written by: Sarah Are
This resource offers poetry reflections (to be offered as spoken word in lieu of a traditional sermon) on three elements present in the narrative of Jesus' final hours: water (foot washing), bread (the Last Supper), and silver (Judas' betrayal). Poetry reflections are integrated within a full Maundy Thursday order of worship.
It starts with water—just as creation started—rooting us in baptism and the knowledge that we are claimed and known by God. The service progresses to Communion, where we are eschatologically reminded that there is always room at the table for us, and that Jesus—fully human, fully God—indeed walked this earth with dusty feet and ate with his friends. Finally, in the turn to silver, we come face to face with our forgetful and flawed nature. We are reminded how easily we can turn from the promise of baptism and the beauty of Communion to betrayal.
[Click the photos on the left to preview excerpts of the poetry and liturgy].
[This resource is one of many in our Holy Week Bundle]
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By: Lauren Wright Pittman
The Stations of the Cross is an ancient meditative pilgrimage inviting the spiritually hungry to walk the “Way of Sorrows” with Jesus to his death on Calvary hill. Traditionally depicted in fourteen visuals, the Stations highlight pivotal moments in Jesus’ final hours. This graphic art rendition of the Stations by Lauren Wright Pittman nods to tradition while imagining Jesus’ journey toward crucifixion through a modern lens. In twelve black and white images, this series condenses the version Pope John Paul II introduced on Good Friday in 1991. Stripped down and textured, these visuals highlight the metaphorical and emotional layers of Jesus’ journey toward his last breaths.
We encourage you to print this series on large poster paper (see printing info below) to install it as an art exhibit in your church or community. Distribute copies of the Companion Guide for participants to read and reflect as they journey through the Stations. Companion Guide includes the scripture, visual prompts, an artist reflection, and prayer for each Station. Final page includes prompts for group discussion or individual reflection on the Stations as a whole. To purchase the Companion Guide separately, please click here.
[These visuals are included in our Holy Week Bundle of resources]
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This is a pair of prophetic visuals for Holy Week, one specifically for Good Friday, and the other for Easter morning. Download includes files for print and web so you can use them for projecting images and slides in worship, printing on bulletins, study materials, and church publications, and advertising your worship on your website and online.
Click the photos on the left to preview images and artist statements.
[This resource is 1 of 7 included in our 2018 EMBODIED Lent Bundle of resources]
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This short film explores what it means to relent in the midst of suffering and lament. Pairing time lapse imagery with the words of Psalm 31, this film could be offered as a visual lament in worship or used in bible study/discussion groups around similar themes.
Art & film by Lisle Gwynn Garrity
Relenting is not a passive act; it is the surrender we come to when we bear all our pain—openly, honestly, angrily—before the One who can take it all.
—Lisle Gwynn Garrity