Chicken Poop Theology

  I carved this a few years ago. It's still one of my favorite things. Often to be really fruitful, a tree has to be pruned, a vine has to be cut back. And then it produces more. There's also something else in this carving, something that I often put on my artwork. There's a line at the bottom with a dot on both sides. It represents the timeline of humanity, which has a beginning and an end if the Bible is to be believed. And that line is straight, because none of us is above another. When God looks at that line, He sees humanity. He doesn't see one person way up high and one down low, it's not a curve. I often put that on my artwork because it reminds me that even with my high ideals, I'm not allowed to put myself up on a pedestal either. We are all on that line, all on the same level. That actually makes me happy, because it shows that what we can do is make lives as happy and kind as possible on that line. We don't have to strive to be higher than others,...