Photo: Hilary Garang Deng, a retired Archbishop in the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, shares with AFRECS leaders (L to R) Steven Miles, Anita Sanborn, and Dane Smith an artistic creation he made while visiting the General Convention in Louisville.
In the congested bazaar of the Louisville General Convention, a lanky African in a black suit and purple shirt attracted browsing visitors June 24-26 while he sat drawing with oil pastel crayons. Hilary Garang Deng, head of the art department at the University of Juba and retired bishop of Malakal in South Sudan, embraced old friends and invited strangers to pray for peace in their own hearts and for healing of the war-ravaged Sudans.
AFRECS Board Member Steven Miles said he was moved by Archbishop Hilary’s work as it expressed, in Steven’s words, “a re-creation, a spiritual expression of our Risen Lord as expressed by the empty Cross and the dazzling sunrise in the background.”