From the “why is this news?” department…

Barack Obama and his family may have found a new church!

Start the parade in 3, 2, 1…

President Barack Obama and his family attended a worship service Sunday at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, their third visit to the historic congregation across Lafayette Square from the White House.

According to the Associated Press, Obama, first lady Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia listened to a sermon about how Christianity has consequences.

The article was written October 12th. Anyone know if they went back? Anyone? Man, this is more exciting than a soap opera! Does anyone Twitter this stuff? I feel so behind!

Is this like how hotels will advertise if the Queen slept in a room? Barack Obama sat in this very pew! He did! I saw him! No, I’m not making this up…

During the sermon, seminarian Mike Angell told the parishioners that the consequences vary, whether it’s making a hard decision at work or deciding to give more time to God. But he added that they don’t face these consequences alone. “We are given each other as a source of boldness,” he said.

We have each other. We should be able to rely on and support each other without needing to bring a deity into it, however.

Thoughts?

Artists of the Day – Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo

In celebration of  the National Hispanic Heritage month, this is a tribute to two of Mexico’s greatest artists.  Without question, both merit their own separate Artist of the Day posts, but I’m trying something different. I thought it would be interesting to give a visual comparative study of each artist’s style in their works represented here and in the web gallery links provided. I will let their art speak for themselves.

Diego Rivera (1886 – 1957) – Considered the greatest Mexican painter of the twentieth century, Diego Rivera had a profound effect on the international art world. Among his many contributions, Rivera is credited with the reintroduction of fresco painting into modern art and architecture. His radical political views and tempestuous romance with the painter Frieda Kahlo were then, and remain today, a source of public intrigue. In a series of visits to America, from 1930 to 1940, Rivera brought his unique vision to public spaces and galleries, enlightening and inspiring artists and laymen alike.  Diego Rivera biography

Flower Festival. / Festival de las flores. 1925. Oil on canvas. 147.3 x 120.7 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

The Blinds Parable

The Blinds Parable.

I, too, have a parable to share. Hope that you find it good:

“

In Ancient Greece, there once was a community of blind people.

They were living happily and equally, for they couldn’t see the race of their fellows blinds, nor their ugliness, nor their wealth. Their world hadn’t borders, for they couldn’t see them, and they owned the world between them.

But one day, a blind acquired a hunger for power, and proclaimed himself dictator, supreme ruler of all men and things. His pride knew no limits, and in a law, he declared that all their togas were red, as it should be.