My wife and i woke up depressed one overcast Sunday, and i felt the desire to commune with the Divine. So we were driving to the National Arboretum in DC and on our way stumbled upon a Franciscan Church and garden. We decided to walk through the garden.

   So we are sitting in this peaceful area, and i am looking at this statue of a nun praying. Suddenly, as the sun was rising higher in the sky, a ray of light fell upon the statue like a spot light from the sky. It had a very strong effect on both my wife and i. Luckily i had my camera.

   i called it ‘Atonement’ which to me means ‘at-one-ment’, being at one with the Divine. We all experience glimpses of this in our lives. i tried to capture what i saw with my mind’s eye.