Category Archives: Vanity

In the 1980s, family portraits tended to be hierarchical and formal. Parents in the back, kids in the front, obviously posed. All faces were highly visible, there was little distance between the photographer and his subject. The emphasis was on the character of the subjects. Current family portraits are egalitarian and informal. They’re taken outsideContinue reading “Changing Values”

The prodigal son realizes he must return home. The realization does nothing but begin a journey. The realization is not the journey. The realization is intellectual, abstract, spiritual. Then comes the physical agony of a potentially pointless journey home. The potentially pointless nature of journey–this is what the Apostle means when he says, “We areContinue reading “We Are Perplexed”