Sketch Prayers

Sketch Prayers Sketch Prayers is the studio of artist and author Ann Gerondelis. These visual prayers draw on Ann's sketching processes as an architect and design educator.

This page features selected works of Sketch Prayers Studio, founded by Lutheran artist and author Ann Gerondelis. Her work explores questions of prayer language, and the role of the visual image relative to holy imagination. The vibrant sketches result from a process of mark-making in dialogue with prayer and meditation. In the context of design, the sketch exists as a way into emerging ideas. It

gives form to unfinished thoughts and allows room for the imagination to surface new possibilities. The rich artifacts that result from Ann's process open a window into a fuller picture of God's holy imagination for us all.

Happy Juneteenth!
06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth!

We dare to speak, O God
To sing
To rise

In harmony
In power
In joy.

Fill the spaces between
Our lifted hands and hearts
On this day

For together we are your beloved community
Dreaming the impossible
Daring to be free.

Amen

A blessing for you this Easter season: O Beloved one,whose face glows with the light of Easter,you bear the mark of God...
04/06/2026

A blessing for you this Easter season:

O Beloved one,
whose face glows with the light of Easter,
you bear the mark of God,
born for this time
and this place.

May God grant you courage
as you walk into the brilliant dawn.
For in your open hands and heart
you will see God.

You journey not alone,
but with the power of God's people near and far,
working together to build a world
of justice and mercy.

Know today
that the love of the risen Christ shines through you
and through the hearts and hands of all of God's people.
Indeed, it is changing the world.

Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed.
Alleluia!

Gerondelis, A. (2018). Open our hearts: Daily prayers for lent and holy week. Wild Goose Publications. https://www.ionabooks.com/product/open-our-hearts/

“…the world is all messed up. The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around…. But I know, somehow, th...
01/19/2026

“…the world is all messed up. The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around…. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.”

Martin Luther King Jr., "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (speech, Memphis, Tennessee, April 3, 1968)

And a prayer for this MLK Day:

Teach us again, O God
To dream.
That even In the depths of darkness
Our eyes may see your light
Our hearts may be your light
Communities of stars ablaze

May we dare to dream
For love that feels so far away
For radiating light close enough to touch
Brave enough to shine
Strong enough to transform our shared darkness
Into brilliant compassionate love

May blazing stars shine brightly in our darkness
Lighting a way to love.
Amen

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