Dear Lee University and the Church of God
Dear Lee University and the Church of God, I remember once in my early twenties having a flashing suicidal thought while going through a rough time. That was the only time in my life, until …
Rondall Reynoso
Five Evangelical Christs: Art as a Reflection of Faith
I had an academic project where I looked at images of Jesus, specifically five evangelical Christs, and discussed how they reflect evangelical beliefs. This essay is an adaptation of that research. Evangelicalism is not a …
Virtue and Duty Ethics: Philosophy for Theology
There are typically three different philosophies about ethics: virtue ethics, duty ethics (deontology), and pragmatic ethics (consequentialism). Pragmatic ethics is the idea that the ethical validity of a position or action is based on the …
The God Who Is Mindful of Us (Psalms 8:4)
“What are humans that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?”Psalms 8:4 NRSVue Reflection: The fact that God cares about me at all is one of the great mysteries of the …
Expanding Evangelical Theology: An Argument for Visual Theology
Within Christianity and evangelicalism more specifically, theology has always been an act of the word. This article argues for an expanded definition of theology to include theology produced in a visual and not just a …
Art is not Frivolous
This statement was displayed with an art exhibition of mine several years ago. It was a personal statement that the venue asked me to include. It has a central idea that is very important to …
When Social Justice Meets Confederate Legacy, in One Family
My family history in Tennessee goes back over 200 years, although I was raised in California. I never imagined the two sides of my heritage would collide as they have. A tale of three sides …
Between Two Worlds
I grew up on a small ranch in Northern California. My mother, who was raised in rural Tennessee and loved the land, managed the ranch and home. My father was an Appellate Court Judge in …
Alligator Auschwitz and the Rhetoric of Genocide
There has been considerable hysteria surrounding the Trump presidency this year. Honestly, from my perspective, much of it is deserved. There has been no secret about my disagreement with Trumpian politics or MAGA Christianity. But …
Why Does Jesus Need a PR guy?
I teach a class called Art and Christian Faith. We talk about a lot of issues in that class that live at the intersection of art, the church, and culture more broadly. The class is …