This Week At Messiah College

The first of these is Ted Prescott who spoke to us about art and Christianity.



The second is from Tuesday's chapel where Brian Smith spoke about something but nobody seems to know what.

(No one I asked was there that day)

Random

Turkey Time

Professor Daniel Finch gave us an assignment for Thanksgiving break which was to draw a postcard with the theme "What Turkey Means To Me." I opted out of doing one about the country of Turkey or drawing what I am thankful for and instead one that touches on some to worries and expectations of preparing the Thanksgiving Feast. I wrote a fictional poem (I am using the term loosely) that goes along with it:

Oh, tasty turkey,
so big and so round,
you nearly weighed
forty-three pounds.

Oiled and seasoned
into the oven you go.
You should take
about five hours or so.

While you were roasting
the table was set.
The whole family was coming,
by car or by jet.

Grandma from Topeka,
Aunt Grace and Suzanne,
all of the cousins from Detroit,
Uncle James in from Pakistan.

Everyone was starving
and waiting for you.
I said, "three more minutes,
or maybe just two."

And finally your timer
beeped loud and clear.
The waiting was over,
Dinner finally here.

The family crowded in
wanting to see
I put on my oven mitts
and got down on one knee.

I opened the door
a small smile on my face
but there in the oven
was a terrible disgrace.

You were not golden brown,
and not even warm.
you were colder in the oven
than back on the farm.

Well apparently
said my cousin Ron
while we are cooking
we should turn the oven on.

Illustration Friday: "Superstition"

Frog Song

This is another assignment Professor Daniel Finch's drawing class. We were to draw a song of our choice (one with no lyrics). I used a piece of a song composed by Bach and came up with a short story to illustrate. I like the ink a few of these but hate the watercolors. Terrible, terrible choices.

From the Church Sketchbook

A tip of the hat to the upcoming holiday in this mornings message. We spent this evening with some friends and a couple of Navigators (Christian missionaries). The one flew C-7 Caribous during the Vietnam War, among other things. This is a terrible C-7 but he knew what it was when he saw it, I guess that is a start.

Fanman