The Rev. Caroline Kramer

This painting was a response of Kramer's to the bombings in London. She grew up in the London suburbs and knew some of the places affected well—in fact used to commute into Edgeware Road Station. Kramer writes, "But it also seems to be a good message for Advent. The painting is about the hope that we have even in great adversity. We are all God made and can shine as messengers of love and light through the greatest of tragedies, even though we cry out to God in pain we have hope on God's salvation. It was this hope I saw through my tears, the same hope upon which we rest during Advent, that darkness will be overcome by light, that from the stem of the cut down tree of David will come the hope of Israel."

The Rev. Caroline Kramer serves at Christ Church, Pearisburg, Virginia in the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia.

The Rev. Caroline Kramer
Email: RevCaroline@charter.net

Parish: Christ Church, Pearisburg, Virginia