This mural was part of Concordia College's Centennial Christmas Concert. Sent Forth By God's Blessing is both the theme for this mural and for the entire Centennial year. Intricate stained-glass patterns trace the cycle of life and explore metaphors for the passage of time -- night and day, young and old, the seasons, the traditional and the new.
     At the center of it all is the dove, long a symbol of the Holy Spirit at work among us. Emerging from the Gothic archway above Mary and the Christ Child, it energizes various vignettes of faith -- the sower from Jesus' parable, the Tree of Life, the wise men's journey, a shepherd responding to the angelic herald, peoples of all nations bearing banners to proclaim their diversity and their unity, the poor and the hungry, Christ with the children, the Alpha and Omega, and the Ascension from an earthly cross. Standing in front of the New Jerusalem, the resurrected Christ holds a scroll on which is inscribed Concordia's motto, "Soli Deo Gloria" -- To God Alone the Glory.

The mural is so detailed, it is difficult to view at this size.
Follow this link to another image of this mural, twice the size of this one and about 144 k.