Where Would Jesus Sleep?

Timothy P. Schmalz

Artists hope to make a difference. They hope their creations can somehow change the way people think ~ or at the very least, make them stop and think. Like most religious leaders, artists hope to move people in profound and meaningful ways. This particular piece of art, recently installed in front of a church in North Carolina, does just that, IMHO. It's a statue of Jesus as a homeless man sleeping on a bench (print and audio version of story): http://www.npr.org/2014/04/13/302019921/statue-of-a-homeless-jesus-startles-a-wealthy-community
   Here's the story of the sculptor and how he came up with the idea: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jesus-homeless-finds-home-article-1.1321038