Been reading next Sunday’s lectionary readings (particularly Isaiah 6) and thinking about how to draw God. According to Judaism or Islam (or First Millenium Christianity) I probably shouldn’t try to draw God at all. In Isaiah 6, the prophet doesn’t say anything about what God looks like in his vision – although he does describe God’s robe. Wondering about whether I should draw on the Torah’s representations of God (eg. the burning bush, the pillars of smoke and fire) but I don’t think I have any reason to believe that Isaiah’s vision of God was anything like those depicted in the Torah. I also don’t want to draw God as an old man with a long beard, because I think that idea comes more from ancient Greek religion than from the Abrahamic tradition.
What do you think?
In our neighbourhood there are a lot of cats. Which works out well for us because Mehrin and I both like cats. So we have made a habit of visiting all the cats of the neighbourhood in the evening. Some of them we see almost every evening, others are only out now and then. Some are very friendly, while others are quite shy. Read more »
This is a film I made to use at CSBC tonight, illustrating 1 Corinthians 13 (one of the lectionary readings for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany). We used it as the call to worship.
I decided to use footage from around our city neighbourhood to illustrate the scriptures, in order to try and make sure we don’t forget the world outside when we’re in church.
I know that artists normally portray Adam and Eve as slim and classically beautiful, but for some reason this piece by Mic (it’s on the side of a house in our neighbourhood) makes me think of Adam and Eve:
I have wondered for a while whether Adam and Eve would really have looked anything like the classical images of beauty or wether they would have been large and hairy and asymmetrical? The stuff in Genesis 3 about Eve and Adam trying to hide themselves might help us to understand our culture’s obsession with covering the blemishes of our physicality.
Tonight I was going to cook daal saag for dinner, but we didn’t have all the right ingredients. So I tried changing the recipe a bit. It turned out well, so I thought I’d post the recipe here. Read more »
For those of you who don’t know, on December 18 Mehrin and I had our engagement party on the roof at Central House (the Collins Street Baptist Church/Urban Seed building). Most of the people we invited didn’t know that we would be getting married at the engagement party! It went perfectly. Here are some pictures our friend Aun took on the night:
I was reading the Revised Common Lectionary on Sunday with Luke getting all apocalyptic. What with ” Son of Man coming on cloud”, “seas roaring, consider the trees… signs of the times etc. With our hottest November since 1868 being announced it is hard not to think of leadership and authority as world leaders approach Copenhagen and confront the apocalypse that is climate change.
Mindful also this weekend of the storm clouds brewing amongst the Australian Federal Liberal Opposition…
Bourke Street Mall : business owner don't like us just sitting there reading the scripture, not spending money. (via @ChristopBrooks) 2 months ago
breaking for lunch. One of the #YWAM said he's realising it's not as simple as just telling people not to use drugs. (via @ChristopBrooks) 2 months ago
