The Episcopal priest hunches over a worn wooden table at the front of the church. She scrutinizes her masterpiece -- God's masterpiece, she says -- and is calm but careful as she fills in razor-thin "kitty whisker lines" on a piece of art that looks finished to the untrained eye.

But the icon, which is a painted scene from Scripture, is not finished, and it's much more than art. It's a way to have a one-on-one conversation with God, if you ask the Rev. Elizabeth Lilly.

Lilly's friends and family consider her an unfinished icon, made up of strokes of faith and resilience.

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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Episcopal Church (TEC) • * Christian Life / Church Life • Parish Ministry • * Culture-Watch • Art

1. veritas2007 wrote: Incredibly beautiful, inspired work. Summa     The best ideal is the true And other truth is none. All glory be ascribèd to The holy Three in One. Gerard Manley Hopkins January 4, 5:44 pm | [comment link]

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