John Kross

Modern Christian mosaics and shrines, echoing the beauty of Old World faith. Rooted in tradition / Created for the soul. Handcrafted in New Mexico.

After more than thirty-five years in banking and finance, I recently stepped into retirement — and into a season of reflection unlike any other. Over the past months, I’ve had some honest conversations with myself about life, purpose, and the transitions that come with age. As I looked back on my career, I came to some sobering realizations and asked myself some difficult questions:
What difference did I make in the world? Whose life did I truly impact?

And then more questions followed — Is it too late to find a new calling? To discover something I truly love to do? To step out of the world’s definition of success and into something more meaningful?

Then In the quiet of prayer and meditation, three simple words continued to echo in my heart: Wait. Trust. Pray. I do my best to live by them, though waiting and trusting have never come easily. The unknown often stirs fear in me, but by the Grace of God I am learning that my fear is just an attempt to manipulate the waiting.

..and so I wait, and in the waiting I’ve found myself drawn full-time into creating art — not just as a hobby...