Can art be good if it’s inherently opposed to a Christian point of view? This is a question I’ve been wrestling with while watching HBO’s Game of Thrones, which wraps up its season finale on Sunday. Although I had been a loyal viewer of the series, I've given up on… [more]
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The God-honoring freedom of the bikini
After announcing that indeed she would need a new bathing suit (or two) this summer, my 9-year-old said, “But remember, unlike you, I hate two-pieces. No bikinis!” And something like a stab ran through my heart. How could my own flesh and blood say such blasphemy against perhaps the greatest… [more]
The creaturely work of Paul Cézanne
Modern art remains a mystery to most of us, and the paintings of Paul Cézanne might be the most perplexing of all. Neither fish nor fowl, they seem to hover somewhere between failed representation and almost, but not quite, abstraction. And yet, as Alex Danchev’s recent biography Cézanne: A Life… [more]
The enduring grace of Leonardo’s Last Supper
A painting is a vulnerable artifact. Its existence is precarious, subject to ridicule, misunderstanding, vandalism, rogue conservators and, recently, Hurricane Sandy. Ross King’s latest book, Leonardo and The Last Supper, tells the fascinating story of the precarious existence of a masterpiece that has captivated our attention for 500 years. As… [more]
The broken genius of Frank Lloyd Wright
A stunning desert house by the late Frank Lloyd Wright has been spared from demolition - for the moment. The house, designed in 1952 by the then-elderly architect for his son David, is a swirling concrete confection that confounds one’s expectations of what is possible with “cinder block” construction, as… [more]
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Steven Sukkau 1 Yes, there is plenty of tragedy and death, but I would argue the series is overflowing with hope if you look close enough.
Giving up on Game of Thrones
John Fowler I would imagine that the nihilistic despair portrayed in the show is quite similar to how much of the life on earth must have felt before Jesus brought His kingdom near.
Giving up on Game of Thrones
Catherine Seiwert Of course we can worship God with our physical bodies, even sexual selves, but that doesn't make it devoid of boundaries and its proper place. It is not worship anymore if it is outside those boundaries.
The God-honoring freedom of the bikini
Jason E. Summers I'd suggest that there is some matter of diversity in what constitutes human flourishing, as the diversity of people suggests.
Is some architecture irredeemable?
Joel VanderWeele Part of what made the churches and cathedrals of yesteryear so great was that they served as the centers of community life and culture; houses of worship in the broadest and best sense...
Temples to atheism
Ed It looks to me like older, beautiful urban churches find themselves in problems as much for the lack of real vision on the part of the believers who attend them as anything else.
When historic churches suffer Esau congregations