death and resurrection – Art & Theology

The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit.

—John 12:23–24

Jesus spoke these words after his entry into Jerusalem to the acclamation of throngs, and then proceeded to prophesy his own death.

LOOK: Wheat Field by Ben Shahn

Shahn, Ben_Wheat Field — Ben Shahn (American, 1898–1969), *Wheat Field*, 1958. Photolithograph, 16 × 25 1/2 in. (40.7 × 64.7 cm).

LISTEN: “Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls” by Joshua Stamper, on PRIMEMOVER (2021)

This piece for violin and piano was commissioned by City Church Philadelphia (now Resurrection Philadelphia), where it premiered in March 2019. The recording features David Danel on violin and Bethany Danel Brooks on piano.

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