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Monthly Archives: April 2012
New Artists Page!
Whenever I meet people and they learn that I’m an art fan, they instinctively ask me who my favorite artist is. I can’t say that I have just one; I have many, and I’ve compiled them into a list, which … Continue reading
Posted in Non-Western Art, Western Art
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Tee Time: Jogging Jesus
Here’s one in belated honor of last week’s Boston Marathon. Found at zazzle.com.
Thomas Kinkade’s Portrait of Christ
Popular Christian artist Thomas Kinkade passed away this month at age 54. Known for his soft-focus paintings of country cottages, lighthouses, churches, and main streets, Kinkade is one of the most collected artists in America, with his paintings hanging in … Continue reading
Tee Time: Cheesus Chrust
I found this shirt at evolvefish.com. It’s a reference to a scene from the movie My Best Friend’s Girl, starring Dane Cook. (Content advisory: This clip contains a piece of crude sexual humor at 0:56.)
Augustine and Donne on Loving God Supremely
“He loves Thee too little who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.” —St. Augustine, Confessions “Nor Thou nor Thy religion dost control, The amorousness of an harmonious Soul, But thou would’st have that love … Continue reading
“Plastic Jesus, sittin’ on the dashboard…”
I recently watched the movie Cool Hand Luke (1967), so this song has been stuck in my head: “I don’t care if it rains or freezes Long as I got my plastic Jesus Sittin’ on the dashboard of my car. … Continue reading
Tee Time: Mighty Jesus
Found at zazzle.com.
“Easter” by George Herbert (1633)
(I can’t figure out how to replicate the poem’s indentations in WordPress. You can read the poem in its original formatting here.) “Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delayes, Who takes thee by the hand, that … Continue reading
Jesus as Egg Cracker
In the Greek Orthodox Church, it is a Maundy Thursday tradition to hard-boil some eggs and dye them red. The red symbolizes the blood of Christ, shed on the cross on our behalf. Families arrange the eggs in a basket … Continue reading
Tee Time: Zombie Jesus
A triple feature. These T-shirts are from, in order of appearance, Café Press, humerusonline.com, and championsof hell.com.
The Jesus Question 