The Last Supper

Maundy Thursday is one day away. The Last Supper, the night when Jesus celebrated his last meal with his disciples was intense and solemn for Jesus. The disciples, some of them still not quite dialed-in to Jesus course, munch away. One of Jesus' inner circle is about to sell him out. There are various ways Christians have tried to capture that moment. The video here takes you on a relaxed tour of some of the world's most celebrated artists' depiction of that night. Some are classic art. One is a comedy.

I in the Sky

This photo from the Hubble telescope is of the Helix Nebula, nicknamed by some astonomers as "The Eye of God." It does look like an eye deep in space, looking our direction. Some find eye contact uncomfortable. How long do you hold it? How long should it last? Do you look at the whites of their eyes, dead center at the pupil, or study the color? It's a question that many people wrestle with every hour of every day. An artist in New York has a new exhibit on Times Square. Actually, it's 48 stories above Times Square and is five stories tall itself. The art work is called "I in the Sky". It shows ordinary people looking right into the camera making eye contact with the viewers. It shows 30 frames in 30 seconds with one person. The artist says "We just need more eye contact; it's what makes us himan." The only reason for the art is to communicate to people the need for eye contact. Click the post title and read the article at WIRED.com. It's very interesting.
There are many many Bible verses that talk about look, see, eyes, etc. But my favorite is Psalm 13:3

“Take a good look at me, God, my God; I want to look life in the eye, So no enemy can get the best of me or laugh when I fall on my face.”(The Message translation)

Reading God's Mind?

National Geographic reports that a new brain scanning program has opened up the very real possibility that, one day, scientists will be able to develop a devise that allows them to read a person's mind. Click the post title for the full article. Many will react to the idea as ludicrous and just too science fiction-like. But...people have for a long time thought they could do a brain scan on God, by carefully studying the Bible, and read his mind. Many do this even, or especially, when it comes to time and predicting the end. Many of us have seen tabloid leads like the one pictured here with new hard evidence, or a new reading of God's mind, to predict the end. There are bunches of books out there with some well illustrated timelines. Please always remember and never forget that it is not bad or wrong to wonder about the end of all time. Jesus' first followers wondered out loud to Jesus about hte very end. And do you remember what he said to them? He said, "That's not for you to know." Read Matthew 24:31-41, Jesus says no one knows, not the angels, not Jesus at the time, only God the Father. That end time stuff is God's business. It's God's job to take care of that one. I think that's pretty good news. In a world where there is so much to know, so much to be aware of, so much to take into consideration, God takes this one off our shoulders: Time. It's just not something we should concern ourselves with. It's really none of our business. And it's really nothing to be afraid of. More on that later.