Sharing the Word

The Official Blog of The Saint John's Bible Heritage Program

The Heritage Edition is a fine art edition of the original Saint John’s Bible. Created under the direction of Donald Jackson, these limited editions are being shared in communities around the world. The purpose of Sharing the Word is to celebrate the creative and inspired ways The Saint John’s Bible ignites the spiritual imagination. If you would like to receive Sharing the Word by email, please click here.

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Front left to right: Donald Jackson, Carol Marron, Mabel Jackson; Rear left to right: Jack Hoeschler, Dietrich Reinhart, Linda Hoeschler, Rob Culligan at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in the early 2000s.

The Women of The Saint John’s Bible: Linda Lovas Hoeschler on the Duty to Create

December 13, 2024 Blog Article

Linda Lovas Hoeschler is the match and the striker. She is an endless well of ignition. She has spent her life nurturing the world around her, from personally commissioning music to financially supporting those struggling across the sea to leading the boards of some of the nation’s most prolific… Read More

Birth of Christ

Christmas Guided Workshop: “The Birth of Christ” Illumination from The Saint John’s Bible

December 13, 2024 Blog Article

Birth of Christ, Donald Jackson, © 2002 The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota USA. Used with permission. All rights reserved. In December of each year, Christians recount the story of the Birth of Christ. Familiar images of the Virgin Mary in a lonely manger with the… Read More

(From left to right) Executive Director of the Heritage Program Rev. Dr. John F. Ross, benefactors Kathryn Ramstad and Paul Christen, President Kittle of Dakota Wesleyan University, and Rev. Richard Anthony Purcell, PhD, Campus Pastor, stand in the new The Saint John’s Bible exhibit at the University.

A Legacy Gift: South Dakota Family Gifts Heritage Edition to Alma Mater in Remembrance of Muffy Christen

December 13, 2024 Blog Article

Mitchell, South Dakota – For the entirety of her life, Donna “Muffy” Christen read her Bible every morning. And she didn’t just read it, she wrote all over it. Her personal Bible grew in size each time she read another page because she would stuff it with Post-it notes to… Read More