Choose to see Great Art in
Places of Worship
Stained
Glass ? Religious Paintings ? Sculptures? They have their place. Not all churches can have this kind of Art.
I see
Artistic classics in the faces of the congregation.
As a former
pastor of rural and urban congregations the faces are what come back to my mind. There they are – a panorama of real people.
The details of infancy, childhood, youth, young adults, mid age persons, older
adults, the very old appear in those faces. Black, Brown, White, Yellow.
The Creator was and is the Artist
Learning to
see a group of people as an artistic creation in motion, constantly changing,
emotional, happy, grim faced, exhausted from work and worry, frightened by
illness, serenely happy and contented. Thinking of a picture of the people is and art itself taking discipline and practice.
Church worship
as an art gallery is a matter of perspective. A habit of choosing to exalt
people who are a composite of stories and dramas.
Do not worry about God in
this approach.
The Creator
infuses every sacred gathering.
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