I’ve been drawing peaches lately and pondering universals. Long ago, the Greek philosopher, Plato, set forth his idea of the ‘forms’. He hypothesized each thing in our physical world had an abstract essence or quiddity (the what-ness of a thing). Using the triangle, he said that the essence of triangularity […]
Christianity has inspired artists the world over with its transcendent truths: Realities that render words inadequate. One such reality concerns the baby born in Bethlehem roughly two thousand years ago. During the Christmas season, we sing of his birth heralded by angels on a silent and holy night. Who was […]
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 […]
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 […]
This composition is dedicated to the Christian philosopher, Paul Helm. Of all the authors I’ve read in 2017, he has had the most profound impact on my doctrinal views. Paul Helm is a brilliant British philosopher and theologian of the Calvinist persuasion, and on deeper issues of Christian doctrine his […]
One of the things we love about the Narnia series is the magical wardrobe. Throughout the stories, Lewis is asking us to consider that reality includes more than what we see in our daily lives. The conversation the Pevensie children have with the Professor is revealing. Their younger sister, Lucy, […]
