Can creators of art that some find bad or offensive use freedom of expression to justify their work?
“Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”
This little book titled “Listening In” by Olive Pixley, I acquired some 30 years ago from that quaint, no longer extant bookshop off Quezon Avenue called Magus, which was the place to go to for one-of-a-kind esoteric materials.
Seeking Jesus Christ and His kingdom above anything else, art and literary group Artery Manila, together with Gallery Nine, mounted its 12th Lenten art exhibit called “Kristo” at the Art Center of Megamall in Mandaluyong City on March 23. The show runs until April 8.
The following is the all-too-familiar story every Filipino Christian knows: Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples of Jesus, betrayed him to his enemies with a kiss for 30 pieces of silver, after which, out of remorse, he returned the money and hanged himself in a tree.
For five Sundays, starting the last Sunday of July, we are taking the Gospel reading from John 6. We opened with the multiplication of the loaves and fish, and for the rest of the four Sundays we will hear the discourse on the bread of life. John 6 is a defining moment in the ministry and mission of Christ.
An elderly woman's catastrophic attempt to "restore" a century-old oil painting of Christ in a Spanish church has provoked popular uproar, and amusement.
It's been dubbed the "world's worst restoration", but a 102-year-old church painting of Christ that now resembles a pale monkey is drawing visitors by the hundreds to a sleepy Spanish town.
“Are you losing faith in Christ—or are you losing faith in your images of Christ?” This is a question often posed to people in search of God in their life.
About a year ago, I received a text message from Merly Tabujara, a schoolteacher and a highly developed natural psychic and visionary from Silay City, Negros Occidental, who has been a longtime reader of my columns and books, but whom I met personally only once in Manila.
