Showing posts with label Thangka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thangka. Show all posts

Friday, April 6, 2012

Gethsemane


Here's my Good Friday image of Jesus praying in Gethsemane, from a ceramic bowl I made some years ago.  It's based on the style of Tibetan paintings called thangkas.  May we remember today that Jesus came into this world to call lost sinners and give us abundant life in him.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Tibetan Christian Thangka Ministry

Jesus’ Life on Earth

One year ago I wrote a post about Tibetan thangkas and mentioned therein a Christian ministry that was selling Christian thangkas, though at the time I didn't know anything more about how they were being used.  In today's post, I am excited to provide some more information about them.

Back in 2001, some expatriate workers in the Himalayas puzzled over the repeated lack of effectiveness of more common approaches to reach Tibetan Buddhists for Christ, so they began to seek alternative ways of presenting the Gospel that would connect more directly with Tibetan Buddhists.  They formed a group called The Tibetan Storytelling Project (TSP) to address this concern.  The group eventually decided to produce an evangelistic DVD which would utilize traditional Tibetan art, songs, choreography and rhythmic speech in presenting the Gospel.