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Conversation on Theology & California
Here's a one-hour video about theology and California, or, more specifically, Theology and California, the book of essays that Jason Sexton and I edited (Ashgate, 2014). You can view it at Open Biola (which includes several video and audio options), or stream the embedded version here below. Jason and I were…
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Ladder at the Cross
This 14th century painting shows Christ climbing up onto the cross. It is surely historically inaccurate, but it even more surely makes a theological point worth making. It makes the point in a way that I find disarming specifically because of the liberties it takes
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Star Wars
There’s one! Set for stun!
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Jedi Kat!
As Stan Lee might say, “Face front, true believers! This one has it all! Nuff said.”
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Koala!
Hot off the art pad, by Freddy age 5. “I am friendly,” his winning smile seems to say, but the way he brandishes those claws is reason enough to stay back a few paces. And all his weight is coming down on one toe: is
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Knight Lowering Visor
Freddy continues his tireless pursuit of his current favorite subject. Here is another knight, this one reaching up to lower his visor.
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Roadrunner Knight
I credit Narnia with my son Freddy’s sudden awakening to all things medieval, armored, and sword-wielding. Ever since he got his first look at Sir Peter Wolfbane, the knight obsession has spread: Playmobil knights, Spenser’s Faerie Queene, books on fencing, etc. Susan and I let
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Chivalrous Valentine’s Day
After days of reading aloud the St. George vs. the Dragon story (from a kid’s version of Spenser’s Faerie Queene), I asked Freddy to make a valentine card. Here’s what I got. Open this card and it says “LOVE” inside.
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Lamb-Griffin!!!
An especially spirited rendering of a mythological beast, or, in Freddy’s words, “something God did not make.” Click to enlarge.