Just a few more weeks on the shelf! If you haven’t checked out the first volume of Creative Living Ideas, don’t wait. It’s packed with artistic and inspirational gift ideas that you’ll be grateful to have it as the holiday season rolls around. Speaking of the holidays, my Holiday Clothespins […]
The late philosopher and theologian, Francis Schaeffer used the metaphor of a two-story house to describe the way we think about truth. You can read more about that here. We’ve been taught to split our concept of truth into two parts: facts and values. The lower-story of the house represents […]
In George Ferguson’s informative book, “Signs and Symbols in Christian Art” he lists the butterfly as a symbol of resurrection. He explains, “The butterfly is sometimes seen in paintings of the Virgin and Child, and is usually in the Child’s hand. It is a symbol of the Resurrection of […]
Looking through some art books recently, I was struck by how many paintings had ladders pointing toward the sky. From the very early depiction of Jacob’s ladder from the 4th century Catacomb of the Via Latina. To this painting from the french school, c. 1490, interpreting the same story- Art from […]
Walking toward the south end of campus, you’ll see a new building at the University of Texas. It’s a large bulbous looking structure near the Blanton Museum of Art, as you pass between the PCL building and Jester dorm. It looks like a giant igloo from the back–plain stone, bereft […]
Valentine Mitten Garland Materials: Pencil Scissors/Pinking Shears Quilt batting Red felt Needle and ivory thread Jute Mini clothespins I drew a small mitten pattern with a pencil and then traced it so the mittens would be similar. I also cut the bottom of the mittens with pinking shears to […]
She picked up her pencil And drew some curved lines The lines said the things that she thought Only a human can speak with a pencil And say things with lines Words cannot
This event is the first of its kind and I suspect it will be the first of many more. The inaugural Women in Apologetics conference, hosted by Biola University, takes place this coming weekend, January 19-20th. Christian apologetics is a branch of Christian theology that aims to […]
The holidays came and whizzed by so quickly, I hardly had a chance to decorate my own tree! I’m a bit behind on my blog. For posterity (*my kids*) I wanted to post about the honor I had of having my “Cupcake Liner Butterflies” published in Germany in 2017. Das […]