Petra Zantingh

Friday, April 15, 2011

April 12

Is the Catholic church helping to find the lost by changing the translation of their mass?

Luke 15:7 NP A1

Monday, April 11, 2011

April 11

A book by K.S.Coates entitled Campus Confidential, talks about the entitlement and shallowness of some our students. Would they come to the banquet table?

Luke 14 NP A13

The recommendation in the Post is to repeat the "happy. happy joy, joy" mantra and do something positive as the grey skies continue to cloud spring. In Proverbs, the recommendation for a heavy heart is a kind word. My hearts feels like it's made up of bricks and mortar.

Proverbs 12:25 NP TO1

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

April 5

The Bloc Québécois's electoral po;icy statement reminds me that a house divided cannot stand.

Luke 11:17 NP A5

Monday, April 4, 2011

April 4

The Liberal government is asking for a chunk of change for some of their social engineering programs that center around food.

Luke 10:9-13 NP A8

April 2

Self-esteem is going out of style and the replacement is self-compassion. I think when compassion is directed elsewhere, esteem rises.

Luke 10:30-37 NP A3

Friday, April 1, 2011

April 1

What a dreadfully sad story about Alzheimer patient Joe McLeod who killed a another patient. He has no memory of it. Perhaps he should have the kind of leniency described in Deuteronomy.

Deuteronomy 19:4-7 NP A3

About the Newsworthy Project

Check out the first post of May for a complete introduction to this project. "Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. Newspapers are so important that I always pray for the sick, the poor, the journalists." — Karl Barth.

Over the course of the next year, I plan to commit myself to do what Barth suggests. I intend to read the newspaper and the Bible everyday and interpret what I read into a collection of sketches which I will share here.

My daily readings are from the New International One Year Bible, which includes passages from both the old and new testaments, Psalms and Proverbs, and primarily, but not exclusively, the National Post, a Canadian newspaper. Using pencil and watercolour pencils, my sketches are done on the right side of a 7.75 X 7.75 " sketchbook, along with some notations. On the left side, I tape the cut out section of the newspaper article that inspired me.