-What's wrong with pushing boundaries? Often it seems that I don't stretch the mind or the emotions that God gave me. Especially after the awkwardness of high school and the abrupt freedoms of college it seems that I almost search out the doldrums of working life.
-The graphic I found yesterday made me laugh. Most of the other American-y Jesus pictures I came across made me furrow my brow with disdain. Which is better?
-How do we deal with offense in our lives? Avoidance of people who are dissimilar than us so we don't have to think about what makes us uncomfortable or sad or even angry? I'm this way about politics. I refuse to comment on anything because I often have a hard time defending my ideals and the majority of my friends don't agree with my p.o.v. in the first place. And I'm secretly thankful that I'm not forced to deal with my questions about the sinfulness of homosexuality because I don't have anyone like that in my circle of close family and friends; Just to clarify since I'm trying to be honest here, I fall on the "I don't really know if that sin is worse than John Doe's gluttony or Jane Doe's sex with her boyfriend on their first date". I still can't get it out of my head that a sin is a sin and just because one is more black and white to the naked eye than all the others...well...I dunno.
-The F word really doesn't offend me. I use the "WTF" phrase often and especially lately because of my stress level at work I cuss like a sailor. I also use the F word as an expression of surprise and excitement as in, "that song is ssoooo fing amazing".
-Could the Holy Spirit work through a piece like this? What if such a thing became viral and the human image of God reached several thousand more people that it wouldn't have otherwise? I know of a Christian artist struggling because of opinions of what’s “ok” to paint. Also I remember an art exhibit on our tiny Christian college campus that was controversial but honestly I kind of feel like that whole, any press is good press thing might apply. By opening our faith doors to the contemporary world we invite people to not feel so damn uncomfortable!
-I'm really drawn to aspects of religion that have a sense of humor or cleverness. I think it's unfair that the part of life (God) that should be most important really has nothing to do with the 90% of life that we actually live.
-Did a quick search to try and find the origin but I could only find the random post from someone who didn’t seem to be the creator so I guess I can’t say what the intent of the human who drew it was.
-Won't take credit for this paragraph cause it's not mine but feel it's really well stated:
Can we not simply look and interpret our own feelings about it? Stores are selling rosaries as jewelry, shirts have “jesus” in silver sparkle print and churches have neon light crucifixes. Icons are not religion. Icons are not belief. They represent. They suggest. They portray. And in today’s world, icons sell. We can love, we can hate, but we should stop and take note of it. We should stop and take note of it so that we can reflect on if we have God in our lives or just his icons.
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