Fellowship

I always look for the spiritual in the things that happen to me... and on this trip I was on the lookout for something...God took me to Maine and beyond to tell me not to be disappointed... what could a trip to California teach me?

I found a spring in the valley  - a friend, an artist and a man of God.

Kevin Kevissimo Rolly is an artist and his comments about the Christian faith caught my attention several years ago on Flickr - a website for photographers. Kevin and I both were actively commenting on group pages like Christian Photographer Fellowship and Christian Apologetics.

In November, I was able to visit Kevin in Los Angeles at Big Art Labs:  a compound where artists live and work. Kevin's studio is here and he shared with me a project he had worked on that really gave me a scope on his heart for God. It was a photograph - several photographs together in one piece he calls "The Last Supper." Kevin had a vision for this work and managed to get permission from several families to photograph a group of disabled people. The image is an oilgraph - photographs painted with black oil paint. The people represented disciples and the central figure was Christ, looked straight into the camera with his arms stretched out - pointing downward towards the represented people . Kevin said that he knew he was supposed to make this image with the Christ figure conveying that he (Christ) died for you ( the imperfect) - all of us.

I talked with Kevin more and learned that his art is inspired by prophetic images that God gives him.  The images often appear to be illustrations straight from the Old Testament - sometimes dark, anguished and sensual. We talked about our faith experiences and things God had shown us and then we prayed. It was a time of fellowhip and after several weeks of traveling, being sick, away from all that I knew - away from my home...I felt renewed.

I found out what fellowship is.