As I was walking my daughter to class today we walked by a painting hanging up in a hallway at our church. I'm not sure why but ever since we moved here two years ago I say "There's Jesus" as we walk by it. It's a nice painting depicting a stereotypical picture of Jesus with flowing brown hair, very feminine features and he looks like he's glowing.
After I walked by the picture today though I couldn't help but wondering what our "All-Nations" service thinks about that painting. We have a service at church made up primarily of about 300 people from Kenya but really from all over Africa. That painting to them must have very little relevance and might even be offensive.
I wonder what Jesus looked like. Growing up in the church I've heard all the arguments and the discussions about what a carpenter must have looked like, what a "mans man" he might have been and how he probably didn't have blue eyes. All that aside though I just wonder what he was really like? Would we have hung out? Would we be in the same crowd? If so does that mean I was one of the people that he was trying to save?
Just a Tuesday morning thought. At least our Jesus painting doesn't look like the one at First Presbyterian Church of San Antonio. They have one of Jesus that looks like he's playing Volleyball. 
