This is just a rough sketch of what I’m thinking about lately. It has to do with my rather controversial post yesterday. Seriously: this is all in development. I’m endeavoring to discover a structure for thinking about faith. So far this is working for me.
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David Hayward is an artist trapped in a pastor's body, stripping to the essential.
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I would say the Z theory is art. A sermon is art, or should be. When I used to teach in a Catholic school, though not a Catholic, the RE lessons were more like Divinity lessons and I took the opportunity to put across my faith with some conviction. My lessons used to come out a bit like sermons and it definitely felt like artistic expression. Things said or written can be art.
Tiggy,
Never thought of my sermons as art. I do put lots of time and effort into choosing the right words. Hum, I’ll have to think about that. It you are right and sermons are/can be art, then that would be the only artful part of me. I can’t even draw good stick men–oops, stick people.
fishon
Blimey, I thought you’d all gone to sleep. Early night needed over t here in Canada?
I can’t draw stick people or even write properly. I’ve only recently found my form of artistic expression after years of everyone saying I seemed like an artistic person. Even prose writing can be an art. Good punctuation is an art, not a science. It has to take into account things like the rhythm of the sentence and the sounds of words. I’m pretty sure the sermon is an art form.
David
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