Prone to Wander

The title Prone to Wander is taken from a 1758 hymn by Robert Robinson entitled “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” As a young teenager, the difficult road Robert had to walk already took him through the death of his father, being sent away to barber school by his mother, and a group of friends devoted to drinking and toughness. His path then led him to an unsettling encounter with a fortune teller, which in turn propelled him to a church where George Whitefield was preaching.  Robert then became a Christian, entered the ministry, and penned these famous lines:

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.

Robert’s experience is reflected in the stories of Scripture and even echoed in our own lives. We seldom know where our paths will take us, but perhaps it is enough to know with Whom we walk.

Almond Tree artists explored the theme “prone to wander” as it is found in Scripture and evidenced in our lives. Our experience has been that looking closely at our journeys and giving creative expression to what we’ve found brings us out into a spacious place of light and grace. A place of confidence and compassion. A place of being seen and known. A place of love and hope. We hope you experience that as well through this exhibit, but also in your own journey, wherever it is that you wander.