Journal #3 - Ellie O'Connor

Joey O'Connor's fifteen year old daughter, Ellie, created this pencil drawing.

Journal #3 - Amelia Whaley

Amelia Whaley
Mt. Pleasant, SC

Oddly enough Amelia and April dont know each other and yet they live 2 miles apart. Both paint regularly during worship services. I'd say that Mt. Pleasant is a very artsy area.

Journal #3 - April Knight

April Knight
Mount Pleasant, SC

April is a live painter too. Here's a little about her taken from her web page:

April feels God has called her to use art as a visual element in worship and also to influence others to worship God through their creative gifts. April graduated from CSU in May 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion and a minor in art. At the present time she is using her gifts as an artist at Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant, SC where her husband is a worship leader for the student ministry.

Journal #2 - Joey O'Connor

Joey O'Connor
San Clemente, CA

Joey has a lot of very cool art stuff going on. He is the founder and executive director of The Grove for the past 5 years. His passions are learning, art, creativity in the Church, meeting others passionate about God and creating great good for our culture. He's doing so much over there in CA that I can't begin to tell you all about it.

Journal #2 route

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Journal #2 is getting mailed so much that I thought it needed its own map.

Journal #2 - Cara Ann Laughlin

Illustrated prayer by Cara Ann Laughlin, a senior Stirring guest artist, member of the Stirring leadership team. Next Journal #2 makes its way from Memphis, TN to Joey O'Conner in San Clemente, CA.
Distance = 1811 mi, Total miles = 4101

Journal #2 - Ann Boyer LePere

Illustrated prayer by Ann Boyer LePere. She lives in in Peletier, NC.
Then Journal #2 made its way from Ann Boyer LePere to Cara Ann Laughlin in Memphis, TN.
Distance = 899 mi, Total miles = 2290

Journal #2 - Alex Radin

Journal #2 addition by Alex Radin in Hanahan, SC.

Then Journal #2 made its way from Alex in Hanahan, SC to Ann Boyer LePere in Peletier, NC
Distance = 256 mi, Total miles = 1391

Journal #3 - Michael Winters

Michael and I have never met, but I think he's a cool guy. Just look at this arts program he leads at his church. http://www.sojournvisualarts.com/ I need to go visit him.

Journal #3 made its way from Arian Armstrong in Ft. Thomas, Ky
to Michael Winters in Louisville, KY.
Distance = 103 miles.
Total miles = 590
Trips: 2


From Michael's blog:
The picture above is my addition to the project. I came across a striking song lyric that inspired a prayer in me that inspired me to make this image. There is a Mount Eerie song 'Lost Wisdom' in which the writer has a mystical experience in nature. At one point the song sings, 'I open the front door and the back door and let the wind blow through.' For whatever reason this line really stuck with me. I didn't even consider that he might be talking about a physical door. In my mind, the door in this line refers to a door to a human spirit. The doors are opened and the Wind comes through, the Pure Spirit. I hope this image conveys both an emptiness of the human spirit and the capacity for God to dwell within us.

I'm sure some people will read it as a t-shirt that doesn't say anything, but that's what I get for not putting any words on this spread. -- Michael

Illustrated prayers by Daniel and Arian Armstrong

After Arian Armstrong finished her pages in Journal #3, she had it couriered 30 feet to her husband Daniel. Making the total distanced traveled so far 487 miles and 30 feet.