Photon Farms: Visio Divina

Perhaps you've heard of Lectio Divina... well on the farm we have grown more in the direction of Visio Divina. Where Lectio Divina encourages one to meditate on small portions of scripture, Visio Divina would have us instead focus on an inspiring image allowing prayers and thoughts to bubble up as we meditate on the meaning of the image.

Katie Weiss' site 'Behold Visio Divina' is the place to go for a deep dive and much practical help in this ancient practice. Go to her site if you want to grow in this way of prayer or are simply curious.

Our images on the farm have been harvested from the web and the prayers come from various faith traditions. They've been cross pollinated and grown together for years here. If you wonder how on earth a person who grew up in a tradition which never used prayer books or images wound up distributing thousands of free prayer cards then click here to see How it Happened.

These images and prayers have been cross pollinating

on the farm for years and have finally grown into

a form that is easy to give away.

Most of these prayers have been recorded and can be downloaded if you like. You'll have to click the links below the individual prayer card images below to find those files.

A note about copyrights: The goal is to support the artists that have created these beautiful images if at all possible and direct you to the sources of their work. Unfortunately the original artist is rarely known. The intent has never been to resell their work for any profit (see Photon Farms Financials), but rather to freely bless others and give them little reminders to think about God and say a prayer.

Perhaps you'll see an image as you stroll around the farm and say, "Hey I know about the artist that made that one!". If you do, please contact Farmer Fred in the form at the right so we can give the proper credit and link to / support their work if they are still living or sometimes their legacy if they have passed on into glory.

Typical Visio Divina
display in a nearby Church

As you can see by clicking here, Farmer Fred has been installing these Visio Divina displays in Churches and Chapels in West Michigan, but would love to see them wherever God wants them to be. Perhaps you'd like to see them available at your Church or place of ministry. If that is the case, simply contact him in the form at the right (full web version available in the link below if you're on your phone) and he'll make sure to help you grow one.

There is no charge for these installations, so as a rule they only get created as fast as the farm can grow them with the Farmer's private funds. People have been asking to partner with us to make them available in more places and because of them thousands of cards have been grown and sown abroad. If you'd like to join that happy and generous band then by all means do so by using the donate tool at the bottom of the page. Thanks for even considering!

Take a little stroll through the picture

gallery by clicking here or click a link below

any prayer card to dive a little deeper.

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Staying in the Moment