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Silver Linings (or "the good things that happened because everything was cancelled!")

Nov 1, 2020
2 min

Silver Linings (or "the good things that happened because everything was cancelled!")

2020 will go down in history as a year unlike any other. In the US, especially, we have had more than our share of troubles; from the...

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Jenna Bruns

Oct 4, 2020
2 min

Reflections on Inspiration

Oftentimes, inspiration comes in the darkest hour of night. That's exactly what happened with "Winters Rose", the art quilt pictured...

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A Visual Interpretation of Sacred Space (part 3-Putting it All Together)

Jenna Bruns

Aug 24, 2020
1 min

A Visual Interpretation of Sacred Space (part 3-Putting it All Together)

The past couple of months, I have defined Sacred Space and talked about the mission of the visual artist within that space. Now it's...

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A Visual Interpretation of Sacred Space (part 2-Mission of the Visual Artist)

Jenna Bruns

Aug 2, 2020
2 min

A Visual Interpretation of Sacred Space (part 2-Mission of the Visual Artist)

Art within a Sacred Space is not simply "art for art's sake", nor is it merely decoration. The artist that creates Sacred art has a...

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A Visual Interpretation of Sacred Space (part 1-Sacred Space defined)

Jenna Bruns

Jul 20, 2020
2 min

A Visual Interpretation of Sacred Space (part 1-Sacred Space defined)

Sacred Space does three things: It focuses attention on objects and symbols and enlightens us to their religious significance. The...

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Jenna Bruns

May 12, 2020
2 min

Gifts from God

It has been my experience that God gives us not one, but several gifts. As we journey along the path He has set for us, these gifts are...

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Jenna Bruns

Apr 20, 2020
1 min

So much more...

Never would I have imagined this. Last week, the last of my events for 2020 was canceled. I sat and watched most of my revenue for 2020...

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Jenna Bruns

Feb 21, 2020
1 min

African Beauty

African Kente Cloth has a history as colorful as the cloth itself. It originated with the Ashanti people of Ghana some 375 years ago. ...

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Jenna Bruns

Sep 3, 2018
1 min

It all begins with a conversation...

Custom work is the heart and soul of Cottonpatch Designs, and it all begins with a conversation about enhancing the worship experience...

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A Sure and Steadfast Anchor of the Soul (Secret Symbols of the Early Christians)

Jenna Bruns

Jul 14, 2017
1 min

A Sure and Steadfast Anchor of the Soul (Secret Symbols of the Early Christians)

"We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus, a...

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Jenna Bruns

Jun 21, 2017
1 min

Land of the Seminole

In 1832, President Andrew Jackson ordered all Indian tribes along the southeast coast to travel to the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). ...

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Jenna Bruns

May 22, 2017
1 min

What's Old is New Again

A client contacted me a few months ago and asked if I could take her husband's clergy stoles and make three wall hangings for her...

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Jenna Bruns

Apr 29, 2017
1 min

Viet Nam Velveteen

My dear friend, Pastor Cheryl, recently asked if I would be able to transform a scarlet velveteen Altar cloth into a stole for Holy Week....

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