Artist and teacher Debby Topliff demonstrates her method of visual Bible study or Visual Lectio Divina developed to help people of all ages and artistic skill levels incorporate simple line drawings into their study of the Bible. Slow down and sketch the Bible passage you are reading, and you'll begin to notice details and patterns that allow God's Word to take root in your heart and be imprinted on your mind. The carefully selected Bible passages in this guide lead you on a path of growing maturity and deepening faith. And it's fun

In 1947 post-war America, a freak spring snowstorm traps three volatile 20-something young people together in an elegant farmhouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Alcohol and insecurity plague Simone Blackwell, the brand new wife of the homeowners' son. Violet, the young black housemaid, finds her curiosity threatening to overwhelm her struck religious upbringing. Randolph, the sadistic handyman who is a graduate student in piano performance at the university, lives above the garage and is delighted when the storm locks him into the main house with two beautiful women. The jealousy and resentment...