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Celtic Cross Tattoo
Friday afternoon I got a tattoo at Ink Fever in downtown Adrian. I’d thought of getting one for years, and when two friends got tattoos there last month, that was the last nudge needed. For a design, I settled on … Continue reading
East Side Murals
The East Side of Adrian is the low income section of town. It’s where the Po’ Folks live. But what they lack in property values, they have in great murals. These two are along Tecumseh Street, where I was today … Continue reading
Serene Buddha
Went to Toledo yesterday to see my Mom, home now after her stay in the hospital. Doing much better. She is in the skilled nursing care wing for a few days of rehab before going back to her apartment at … Continue reading
Mountain In the Chancel
This is the set for children’s musical on Sunday. It is on the prophet Elijah from 1 Kings. To the right you see Mt Carmel, which is the pulpit covered by a brown canvas tarp. To the left is the … Continue reading
Vitruvian Man
The point was to fit the human form inside a circle and a square: Ancient thinkers had long invested the circle and the square with symbolic powers. The circle represented the cosmic and the divine; the square, the earthly and … Continue reading
Use Your Tall Mouth
At 8:15 on Sunday mornings I rehearse with our choir, in preparation for the 9:30 service. Behind our fine director this image of an open mouth hangs on the bulletin board. I suppose it is intended to remind us to … Continue reading
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Simplify Life a Little
Last Thursday I visited with a woman who is giving away all her art. She has painted thousands of landscapes, still lifes and portraits in her years, but now they have become an encumbrance, and she is giving them away, … Continue reading
Detroit, Haven for Artists
Detroit is becoming a haven for artists: A map by Art Detroit Now highlights dozens of farther-flung art sites. One is the Russell Industrial Center, which at first glance looks like yet another abandoned factory. At its height in the … Continue reading
Sicut Cervus
I love the rising and falling lines in this music. A small choir performed it at our wedding. (Sicut Cervus is the Latin text for Psalm 42:1, As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for … Continue reading
Kinetic Sculptor
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
The Fisher Girl
The Fisher Girl, by artist Frans Hals, is now at an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. When I was a student at Princeton, I often took the train up to New York to the … Continue reading
A Day Devoted to Food
Monday I ate lunch at the Adrian Senior Center after delivering 16 meals on wheels. Volunteer drivers enjoy a free meal. It took an hour and a half to finish my route; public radio was playing mostly Mozart, which made … Continue reading
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Why I Love Harry Potter
A parishioner and I shared lunch at Millers. We both chose the chef’s salad with ranch dressing. At one point in our conversation, she asked me if I liked Harry Potter. I launched into an uncharacteristically long monologue about why … Continue reading
Outdoor Altar
Saturday we attended an event at the West Adrian United Church of Christ, celebrating the congregation’s 175th anniversary. It was founded in 1836. Its pastor, JK, constructed this altar for outdoor worship; his church members donated the stones, and his … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Worship
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Heidelberg Project
This evening a group from our church will drive up to Detroit for a three-day mission trip to Cass Community Social Services. Monday evening, the folks at Cass will take us to see the Heidelberg Project, an outdoor art display … Continue reading
How the Garden Has Grown
Pictures from the Neighborhood Sharing Garden downtown. My wife spends a lot of time there tending her church’s plot (one of several sponsored by churches and non-profits). Here was the dedication day in May. Look how the garden has grown.
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Adrian Gothic
I’m not sure why, but this picture of a man and a woman waiting for yesterday’s parade to begin reminded me of Grant Wood’s American Gothic. I took a picture of that building last year too.
Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus
I love Rembrandt’s vision of the face of Jesus. Here is an exhibit from the Louvre.
Pretzel Crosses
Group produces the Vacation Bible School curriculum we use, and on Thursday of VBS week they usually plan for us to talk about the cross. “Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures.” (1 Cor. 15.3) Since the snacks … Continue reading
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PandaMania
The set for this year’s PandaMania Vacation Bible School: Yesterday’s Bible lesson for the older children focused on the creation story, but I couldn’t take part because of a funeral. Today, it’s Elijah on Mt Carmel. The children will build … Continue reading
