In the Chatsworth painting the shepherds are actively discovering the half-hidden and overgrown tomb, and are reading the inscription with curious expressions. The shepherdess, standing at the left, is posed in sexually suggestive fashion, very different from her austere counterpart in the later versi...
in which we speak — and will soon speak this morning — of Jesus as “God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,” you can read the Bible as if those words are the lenses through which you see clearly, as if they are the glasses you need to focus...
I disagree with the first paragraph– I really enjoy the prospect of sharing the stories I love with people who have not been exposed to them, but not when they are edited so as to conform to Hollywood’s standards (especially leaving good stuff out). Part of the joy I got when I was...