Now when he saw the crowds,
he went into the urban jungle
and began to paint…
I have long been a great fan of Banksy, the Bristol-based graffiti artist with an uncanny, perhaps ‘prophetic’ ability to express a yearning for a better world that isn’t driven by violence and greed…
It struck me that such a vision is also what Jesus was trying to express in his Sermon on the Mount: a manifesto for his ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ here on earth.
In this series of four reflections I have combined some of Banksy’s images with some of Jesus’ words, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew.
See what you think: pause and ponder; see our culture with fresh eyes; dare to dream and believe it could be different…