1. We begin with Jesus. Jesus, the bread from heaven, the one who God the Father sent. Jesus, the in-the-flesh servant, gives of himself. I show him pulling a piece of unleavened bread out of his body leaving […]
Here is the cleaned up version of my Day 3 mandala. It is surreal. I will be back with an explanation in Part 4. Blessings on your Thanksgiving!
The image shows a piece of unleavened bread. It is round, flat and makes me think of pizza. I AM the Pizza of Life. Probably not what Jesus had in mind. Think Kerry. Bread sustains life. But there is […]
Symbols are similar to computer icons, but go a bit deeper. An icon on a computer is a visual shorthand. A summarizing image that has meaning for you. The symbol is a visual shorthand like an icon, but the symbol […]
Our small group is working through the I AM Statements of Jesus study book. My Day 3 mandala drawing for the Bread of Life I AM statement is shown. Artistically it’s not my best work, but the concepts […]
In the book: Move: What 1,000 Churches Reveal about Spiritual Growth, the author’s rollup and summarize data from a survey of over a 1,000 churches. Here’s a quote from page 167: “If they [Church Pastors] could do only one thing to help people at all levels of spiritual maturity grow […]
Ultimately the dual image of God and man brings me to Christ. Jesus, true God and true Man, referred to as The Last Adam in 1 Corinthians 15:45. We now come to the deepest level of understanding of the […]
Isaiah 49:16a: “Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;” This verse moves us towards the core of the meaning behind the double image. The image and text speak to the strength of God’s love […]
Here’s the breakout of the double image. The form can be read two different ways: On the left we have Adam, kneeling down in the water with his head on his left knee. He is reflected in the water. On […]
Here we zoom into the center of the mandala to look at the form emerging from the water on Day 6. This portion of the mandala employees a double image. Again, a simple example of a double image […]
