Month: February 2007
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Faith in Fig Leaves
We’ve been thinking a lot about Truth versus Pietism these last several weeks. One of the interesting insights has been how the rejection of truth goes right back to Adam and Eve’s experience in the Garden. It seems appropriate during this season of Lent to think about the Fall and how that dynamic is still…
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Megan Kobus – Poetry
This is a poem that Megan wrote as an English assignment depicting a ruinous city on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Remember Grasses weave, waves crash, blue sky overheadWheat and flax; gold, blue, redStone, half –sunk, buried undergroundColors abound.Mountains rise, birds call, breezes from the sea;Olive, Alder, Oak; Ash- the sacred tree.Foam-tipped waves crash,Song-sweet…
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Brittany Kobus – Teen Contest Picture
This is a picture that Brittany did for a Teen Media Contest that she will be entering. The contest topic is something that one’s parents have taught them, and that they would like to share with others. Her entry depicts a girl playing a piece of music. She chose this because she appreciates the time…
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Sacred Spaces
Right before the Super Bowl, my son and I were discussing the “Truth versus Pietism” material I’ve been blogging about. He began sharing some interesting insights on sacred places. So I’d proudly like to introduce as my first guest blogger, my son, Timothy Krell: A few days before Super Bowl Sunday, the idea of people…
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Timothy Krell – Elf Sketches
These are a few pictures from Timothy’s sketchbook of two girls in elf costumes. He drew these as portrait exercises with pencil from pictures he found on the Internet.
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Looking and Feeling Spiritual
Adam and Eve chose to believe that the truth of heaven was different than the truth of earth. In doing so, they became the world’s first pietists. Pietists divide reality into two realms: sacred and secular. They see life divided into compartments, some spiritual and others not. This kind of thinking causes them to confront…