The life-giving vision of Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence, Eight Studies for the Book of Genesis, No. 7: “And God Created Man and Woman,” 1989-90. Source: Landau Traveling Exhibitions Discussions about science and religion can get awfully tedious. This is not a reflection on my respected interlocutors on these and other pages, but on the state of my own poor mind. It’s [...]
Smelling the flowers just quietly: Ferdinand on life
Ferdinand loves flowers, and for all the right reasons. A scene from Munro Leaf‘s classic children’s book The Story of Ferdinand. Ferdinand, unlike his peers, has no interest in butting his head and “sticking his horns around”; he prefers to spend his days sitting “under the cork tree, smelling the flowers just quietly.” Image source: [...]
Hovercraft Jesus and the problem of love
There are rules here at psnt.net. One of them is: There shall be no posts even remotely related to Justin Bieber or his mom. Another one is: Never post images that flash, make noise, or move. But when we saw this sweet animated gif, our resistance proved futile. Image source: lol god As many of [...]
A bright new decalogue for a bright new world. We smile
Marc Chagall, Moses Receiving the Tablets of the Law, 1957. Image source: Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University I used to live in Rome, a small conservative town in Georgia. One of the great delights of living in a place like Rome is the local religious color. I remember there was one guy that drove [...]
Is the whole thing in there?
The Tutor, from your friends at The Highpants Resistance. No children were harmed in the making of this video. This may not be the best way to teach the Bible to children. But it’s all in there. And for those who don’t know already, the Good Book gets much more brutal and misogynistic than the [...]
We like Gus
Icon of Augustine of Hippo, provenance unknown. Image source: allmercifulsavior.com Recently, Our Man in Kentucky* Al Mohler posted an article on his blog explaining just how important it is that all Christians reject evolution outright, without exception or qualification. His reason? Evolution contradicts scripture. He writes, I am willing to accept the authority of science [...]
Hidden in plain sight
And they stood still, looking sad. Daniel Bonnell, The Road to Emmaus, oil on canvas, 48”x32”. Mr. Bonnell’s work is among the most moving biblical art we here at psnt.net have ever seen. We encourage you to peruse his paintings and drawings here, and, if you have the love, to join his Community of Patrons [...]
On Hanukkah and the miraculous
Anonymous, Hanukkah, 18th century. Source: Wikimedia Commons Sometimes I wish all the miracles in the Bible would just go away. Except maybe the Incarnation and Resurrection. The bigger and flashier the miracle the more I wish it would disappear. But there they all are, from Noah to Daniel to the loaves and fishes. So I [...]
Two by two came the epidexipteryxes and vulcanodons
Noah and his family loading up the menagerie as their neighbors stare in disbelief. I don’t know who created the original image or who doctored it up so nicely with velociraptors, tyrannosaurs, pterodactyls, and whatever that weird black-and-white thing is on the left. If you do know, please advise. I try pretty hard to get [...]
Advent II: Karl Barth and the nativity’s troubling ambiguity
Georges de La Tour, The Newborn Christ, 1645-48. Source: Wikimedia Commons Every time I read Karl Barth I end up feeling like a moron. He utterly convinces me of the thinness of my theology and the poverty of my understanding of Christ. So, predictably, I don’t read too much of him. But for my church [...]
