Tag: sculpture
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Sculpture Selfies
My latest in the Christian Courier (June) ___________ This photo is a favorite of mine. It is a selfie of sorts, taken with my dad in 2018 at the Waterloo Clay and Glass Museum, down the road from where my parents live. The exhibit was a 30-year retrospective of the work of Susan Low-Beer, a…
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Touch, Sight, and Faith #worship
My latest column in the Christian Courier. __________________ A large wooden crucifix stands toward the front of the crypt sanctuary in St. Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal. While the crucifix is not central within worship, it evidently receives much attention. A striking feature of the crucifix is the worn nature of Jesus’ feet — the paint is…
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Considering Forgiveness…
In January I will be teaching a course in the McGill Faculty of Religious Studies. It is entitled Contemporary Theological Issues, which is to say that the actual content of the course was actually somewhat open-ended. After considering several possible topics, I landed on the topic of forgiveness and reconciliation. In the process of considering and…
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