Mary Gordon: Christian Culture Lecture

At first, I was really not looking forward to going to the Mary Gordon presentation. I knew she was a renowned author, memoirist, poet and essayists but I was not sure as to what she would be talking about for a Christian Culture Lecture. As she began talking about different artists and their works, I was still confused about how they related to religion and faith. However, as I focused in I realized that her reactions to these artworks expressed how they dealt with suffering either personal or of their time period. There was a theme of pain and turmoil but these artists used their sense of faith and strength to express hope through all of the suffering. She also mentioned the differences in their gender could be seen how they reacted to the suffering. The visualizations of the artwork helped to understood her argument and I thought the question and answer session was helpful. People asked more direct questions about faith and religion which helped relate the art to the "Christian Culture Lecture."