The Warner Sallman Collection

Planting the Seeds of Faith

by Carol Kable, Feb. 8, 2010

The Lutheran church I grew up has the painting Christ at Heart’s Door in a prominent place in the foyer of their fellowship hall. It’s been there for about 50 years. I remember when I was a child the minister explaining the story and pointing out that there was no doorknob, since Jesus would not come in to your heart uninvited. As an artist and Christian today I will always remember this painting. I came to have a personal relationship with the Lord in college, and I can attribute it to the early experiences, like this painting, that planted seeds in my life.

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