This church is on Lebreton Street. I mentioned its neon cross on Dec.22, 2006. Someday I’ll go down there at night and take its picture all lighted up, I promise!

Today I stopped to look at the iconography above the doors. I’m not religious, but I like to see the art works. Looking at them with a camera lets you get closer, and you can take them home too.

On the right is John the Baptist.

Mary on the left.

And in the centre, robed in majesty and girded with strength…

The big guy himself.

If I can play critic for a moment, I think these art works suffer badly in comparison with more traditional stained-glass renderings of the same subjects. They look cartoonish, like the Bible as portrayed by Walt Disney. But I still find them interesting, and I find the scriptural texts touchingly earnest.

As for the portrayal of Jesus, this is no sweet Jesus meek and mild as I have seen him in Protestant churches, all soft weepy eyes and crown of thorns. This is a stern and all-powerful ruler of the universe, limned in light, geometry, and the law. It’s a different vision.