Yearly Archives: 2015

Jesus did tonglen

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones

I worked for four years at a Buddhist publishing house, and “tonglen” was a topic I came across many times. It’s a Buddhist contemplative practice in which the practitioner breathes in the pain and suffering of others and breathes out … Continue reading →

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Two unlikely characters sharing the same space

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones

I have tremendous admiration for Ben Quash for the contributions he’s made to the field of Christianity and the arts. As a professor at King’s College in London, his primary research interest is the way in which the arts can … Continue reading →

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From my private collection: Wailing Wall: Song for Quin by Steve Prince

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones

Two weeks ago my husband and I moved 400 miles down the East Coast from just outside Boston to just outside Baltimore. In our last few months as New Englanders whenever people asked us, “Where to?” our reply was oftentimes … Continue reading →

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Karel Teissig’s Black Jesus

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones

At the end of the TV miniseries Killing Jesus that premiered this March, several contemporary Jesus artworks scan the screen. I recognized many of them, but one that was new to me and that I really like is a crucifixion … Continue reading →

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“Ngarra Bura Fera” (Turn Back Pharaoh’s Army)

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones

“Ngarra Bura Fera” is a Yorta Yorta adaptation of the African American spiritual “Turn Back Pharaoh’s Army,” which is in turn an adaptation of the two Jewish praise songs—one Moses’s, one Miriam’s—recorded in Exodus 15, following the Jews’ successful escape … Continue reading →

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Bottle cap Jesus

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones
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Jesus’s stereoscopic vision: aligning what is with what will be

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones

In his book Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution, André Trocmé gives an illustration that relates the binocular vision principle to man’s view of reality in an ultimate sense. Humans’ two eyes enable them to perceive objects more truly, in three … Continue reading →

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Tee Time Roundup

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones

These four Jesus T-shirts are no longer available in the marketplace, as far as I can tell. I found them on the blog Defending Contending.

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Art exhibitions: The Seven Deadly Sins

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones

The Fairfield/Westchester Museum Alliance (FWMA), a group of art institutions in Connecticut and New York, is running an exhibition series this summer and fall on the Seven Deadly Sins. Each of the member institutions is presenting one of the sins. … Continue reading →

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Tee Time: Jesus Turned My Life Around

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Victoria Emily Jones

Found at skreened.com.

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