Tournament of Artists 2018:4
Vote for your favorite artists! Twice a month, Faith on View readers get to vote for their favorite artists. This is the last round of the year. Enjoy! You can see the records for the entire tournament HERE. Last round’s winners (round 2018:3) were: Caravaggio, Marc Chagall, Fra Filippo Lippi, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Willem de Kooning, Myron, and Roy Lichtenstein Round 2018:4 brings 14 artists, 7 matches, to you […]
A Triumph of Love
My last blog post, A Birthday (and Holiday) Lamentation, was a very personal exploration of some serious challenges in my life currently. It is a hard and sad post. Yet, there is hope. My wife, Pamela, two days after that article wrote what I thought was a beautiful post on Facebook: “Love Wins” is a […]
A Birthday (and Holiday) Lamentation
Today is my Birthday…Happy Birthday to me? I don’t feel very happy. It feels more like a time for lamentation than joy. I had a very different blog post planned for this week but this subject is really top of mind for me. I know this isn’t the type of blog post people want to read, […]
Tournament of Artists 2018:3
Vote for your favorite artists! Twice a month, Faith on View readers get to vote for their favorite artists. This is the first round since the website suffered the Trojan attack so we are looking forward to getting it going again. You can see the records for the entire tournament HERE. Last round’s winners (round 2018:2) were: Barbara Hepworth, Richard Serra, Georgia […]
Contemporary Vicarious Worship
I’ve been thinking about issues of music and contemporary worship in church for years. I’m not a musician. I did play the piano and clarinet as a child but neither stuck. I’ve also been in several choirs over the years. But all in all, musically I’m not much different than the average church goer. But, […]
Spiritual Maturity: Are you a Philosopher or Drug Addict?
If you follow the Faith on View page on Facebook page you know that I post a lot of quote memes. I’ve been collecting the quotes for years and pair them with images of my artwork or my wife’s photography. Several years ago, I ran across a quote that has become one of my favorites. “There are […]
What I Believe… a Statement of Spiritual Foundations
What do I believe? That is one of the most important questions a person can wrestle with. Unfortunately, far too many people do far too little wrestling with such questions. In Christian circles, this becomes very important as groups try to determine if people and ministries are a part of their tribe. By looking at […]
Thanksgiving when you aren’t feeling thankful
Yesterday, our Pastor preached a Thanksgiving message that relied heavily on the nostalgia of family holidays. I can certainly relate to that. As a child, holidays were a wonderful time. I remember Thanksgiving as a day spent happily with family and with a lot of food and discussion. By the time I reached high school, […]
Surviving a Trojan War
On Friday October 5th, 2018 Faith on View was attacked! I actually saw it happening. While I was on my computer, I saw a dramatic spike in activity on Google Analytics from a random town on the east coast of the United States. I didn’t think much about it until an hour or so later when […]
Changing the World for Christ…and the Culture War in General.
Changing the World for Christ Most readers of this blog know that I’ve spent much of the last decade involved in Christian higher education. I’ve always been interested in cultural engagement from the Church. I think that is just natural when you study art in NYC. You see strong western roots in Christianity but you […]