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Feb 29, 2008

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Get out!

Steven Wright, the dead-pan comedian of the eighties used to say: “It’s a small world but I wouldn’t want to paint it!” Since then, with globalization in full swing, the world does seem to be getting smaller. You can read about it on the Internet, watch it on YouTube, and throw sheep at people literally on the other side of the world.

Feb 22, 2008

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Faux authenticity?

There are many, especially in the church, who have seen their heroes exposed as flawed, fakes, or failures. The traumatic result is that a vision for upward Christian life is shattered, replaced by the resolute determination to simply be real. You can even open the closet so others can see all the skeletons in their disarray. It beats pleading guilty to the charge of hypocrisy.

What a Beautiful Bride

Feb 22, 2008

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What a Beautiful Bride

What a Beautiful Bride is part of a series of sculptures in which I sought to utilize materials in a manner that would deviate from their expected purpose, in order to reclaim them from their destined disposal. I took common items from our daily lives and wove and...

Feb 15, 2008

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The greatest invention in the history of mankind

Like never before, the compression of space and time which many call globalization brings the rich variety of cultures together, rubbing shoulders, tipping glasses, and lubricating the gears of academic and social life. But where to begin in this smorgasbord of taste and delight?

Feb 15, 2008

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Making peace with proximate justice (reprise)

At the Washington Institute we continue to believe that it is the willingness to pray and work towards proximate justice—the vision of something, rather than all or nothing—that allows us to keep going, even as we face what often seems insurmountable and unchangeable.

Feb 15, 2008

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The line between good and evil

The malleability of the human conscience is awkward dinner conversation for polite Christians. None of us want to believe that what we hold dearest about right and wrong, good and evil could be so radically contested that we find ourselves acting otherwise.