It’s 1:14am and I am wide awake, reading blogs and writing. Tapping away at the keys before me. I am writing so much more lately. It’s been an interesting experience so far. I set myself some new goals creatively, for writing specifically, and I’m enjoying it so much more than I expected. It’s difficult at times but it is stretching me so much, and I am thriving on a new challenge.
I know I’m coming really late to the party here, but just got round to reading Scot McKnights piece ‘Is Our Gospel Too Small?’ and it is excellent.
“Our problems are not small. The most cursory glance at the newspaper will remind us of global crises like AIDS, local catastrophes of senseless violence, family failures, ecological threats, and church skirmishes. These problems resist easy solutions. They are robust—powerful, pervasive, and systemic…
I sometimes worry we have settled for a little gospel, a miniaturized version that cannot address the robust problems of our world. But as close to us as the pages of a nearby Bible, we can find the Bible’s robust gospel, a gospel that is much bigger than many of us have dared to believe.”
A few weeks ago I got to spend some time in Chicago – easily my favourite US city! It was a joy to wander around this beautiful city, taking in the incredible architecture, despite the freezing cold temperatures. Wind chill was taking it out of me majorly! I stayed with Hannah, whom I met briefly last time I was here – she has the craziest, hectic lifestyle, yet she also has such a heart for people and will make time for you regardless of what is going on. It was a real blessing to get to know her a bit more!
I took in some of the main sights, including Millennium Park, the Bean, Soldier Field, and Michigan Avenue. Not to mention lunch at Eds! Thanks to ‘Free February’ I got to take in the Art Institute of Chicago one day, well worth a visit.
I also went to the Museum of Contemporary Photography, at Columbia College, to take in some excellent photography, especially an exhibition titled ‘This Land Is Your Land’ offering diverse perceptions of the United States.
On Wednesday past I spent a few hours in the Tate Modern, surprising myself by how much I appreciated some of the work (granted, much I did not, but I enjoyed more than I thought I might!). A few of the images I found myself lingering over…
I also really enjoyed the Cages series by Gerhard Richter, the section on Popular Painting (predominantly from Congo) and Shibboleth by Doris Salcedo.
“By making the floor the principal focus of her project, Salcedo dramatically shifts our perception of the Turbine Hall’s architecture, subtly subverting its claims to monumentality and grandeur. Shibboleth asks questions about the interaction of sculpture and space, about architecture and the values it enshrines, and about the shaky ideological foundations on which Western notions of modernity are built.”
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