Probably my least favorite piece of Ohio religious art was destroyed by a lightning strike while I was on vacation. I heard about it on " Wait Don't Tell Me" and I thought, I wonder if it's THAT Jesus statue? And then I thought, it must have been, or it wouldn't have made "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me."
I am sorry for the congregation of the mega-church who lost their giant Jesus statue, and I hope for their sake it was insured, but oh my, lightning?
I always thought the iconography was all wrong. I assume it's supposed to be a post-resurrection image, what with the wrong-sized toppled-over cross, but the pose reminded one of Moses. Or possibly of a football referee.
Better to stick with the traditional forms. And the non-flammable materials.
(photos from cincinnati.com by way of Amy Welborn)
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