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“Can sainthood be redefined in progressive terms? For the past decade, an artist named Mark Dukes has been demonstrating that it can.” So wrote Phillip Barcio in the May/June 2009 issue of Tikkun, as he introduced our readers to Dukes’s mural The Dancing Saints, which was commissioned by the St. Gregory of Nyssa Church in San Francisco. In the mural, ninety men and women from history dance hand-in-hand in a circle with Jesus.
America: land of the brave and home of the free. Free. One of my favorite words. Yes, equality and rights to freedom are excellent, but what I really enjoy are free giveaways. Today Starbucks is holding free pastry day – anyone who comes in with a coupon, easily printed off the Internet, and orders a beverage will receive one free pastry of choice.
Painter Janet McKenzie saw Christ, and all humankind, made in the image of God. She saw a black woman standing strong and proud as the child of God. Following this vision, she fashioned her Jesus of the People, and all of her paintings, as visual prayers for equality and gender equity. Visit our art gallery to see her works. For hundreds of years, most western artists have depicted the figure of Jesus Christ as a white man.
Any sports fan would undoubtedly meet my closet with a perplexed, maybe even angry, expression. Within my belongings are an Oakland A’s hat, a New York Mets’ jersey, a Los Angeles Dodgers cap, and various items displaying the Los Angeles Angels’ famous red logo. Slave to fashion? Team hopper? Bandwagon junkie?