Illustrating the religious life…

October 24, 2006

One of my favorite websites to visit when I’m surfing is Dave Walker’s cartoonchurch.com. Walker is British (so far as I can tell), Anglican (again, so far as I can tell), and has a keen eye for all sorts of everyday details about being part of a religious community. Often his drawings cut at the heart of some of our deep problems; sometimes they are lighthearted pokes; sometimes they make me burst out in laughter. And then sometimes I just don’t get British culture and the humour is lost on me.
Here are some examples of my favorites:

Understanding the Sermon:

Sometimes it is useful for the pastors to remember that one major point of preaching is that people understand what you are saying…

Bible Duel:

This one makes me laugh and cry at the same time: the bible is supposed to be life giving, not used to bludgen each other upside the head to prove a point or end an argument…

Finally, here’s today’s entry.

It Is Raining:

Walker intended this to be a comment about how much spam he gets, but I think it is indicative of the demands being placed on our lives every day. The demands to be perfect, or to subscribe to some external, artifical standard, can just be overwhelming sometimes. I think this cartoon is much more meaningful if you see it as a commentary on that part of our lives; and hopefully, the church is a good place for us to come in out of the rain and dry off for a while.

Anyway, I wanted to share cartoon church with you. I hope you enjoy.

(For conditions under which I posted these cartoons, see here.)

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