So the winner of yesterday’s Freebie Friday contest is Anna Cogliandro in Chesapeake, VA, USA. Congratulations Anna! The fine art print that she would like sent to her free is “Fearless”. I’m calling her Sophia. There are affordable fine art prints available in my gallery. Read more
I drew one last week similar to this one which I named “Sliver”. I took it into my gallery, Klausen’s in Saint John, for him to hang for sale. But it sold before it even left my hand. Apparently these images are being talked about so I thought I would do another one similar, but with a full moon. I call this one “Surrender”. It is drawn with black ink from a Pilot G-TEC-C4 pen on Arches 300 lb. hotpress... Read more
Some biblical scholars suggest that Jesus demanded the names of the demons because once the name was surrendered, this gave Jesus the power to cast them out. When I was in Pentecostalism and in the Vineyard movement, the same thing was taught. If you could name the power or the principality, that gave you authority over it. Embedded in this theology is a venerable human conviction that naming something, even the most mysterious, gives us the capacity to manage and... Read more
Welcome to another FREEBIE FRIDAY! See the prize below the cartoon: Above is my cartoon “Jesus Sings Nelly”, from Nelly’s song “Just a Dream”. I like the song. The electric guitar is simple genius. It makes it. DJs: no talk-overs please! The prize is any print or set of note-cards of your choice from my gallery. All you have to do to enter the contest is: Join my free newsletter. Comment on this blog post. The contest ends midnight tonight... Read more
When you were young you found yourself behind the bars of your crib. It meant safety. It meant giving you a secure place to grow without hurting yourself. It gave you a boundary within which you could find comfort. They provided a proper freedom within which to discover and grow. But at some point those bars were no longer appropriate. The time came when the bars became a restriction. They meant not safety, but control. They meant not comfort, but... Read more
The cost of honesty is sometimes high. Especially when it means being honest with yourself. Here’s the deal: you set the price. But: the market pressures you into setting the price on your own honesty. Example: you decide you want to be honest about your religious beliefs. You have come to realize, after serious study, thought and brutal self-honesty, that the beliefs you’ve held on to are now bankrupt. They used to be valuable to you. But now they are... Read more
Some of you might remember the first time I messed with Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam was with this other cartoon I did almost a year ago. I also remember that Michael Spencer, the Internet Monk, who passed away earlier this year, loved that cartoon and posted it on his blog. Excuse me, but my Photoshop talent is limited, as you can see. What could this cartoon mean? Perhaps the most obvious is that Adam, which is Hebrew for “man”, rejects... Read more
Did you know that studies reveal that our response to anything we hear is initially belief, and that this is followed by our cognitive analysis kicking in that will believe this belief or proceed to unbelieve this belief? Did you know that this initial message we hear and immediately believe is augmented by the physical attractiveness of the person saying it, including what the person is wearing? Did you know that this initial message we hear and immediately believe is... Read more
This cartoon is based on a much older version I posted on a Christmas years ago. Actually, it was a cartoon of Jesus and Santa playing cards. A friend suggested the line about the three kings. I’ve redrawn a version more in keeping with my present style. A little more lighthearted than yesterday’s. Wouldn’t you say? Read more
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