“If ever there was an arrogance perpetuated in the Church, our art is to blame. Our art describes the world where we live. We don’t spend enough time with prostitutes and outlaws, drunks and addicts. We don’t write about lust and fear and greed and obesity and broken things. We relegate our art to the way we wish the world should be and not how the world actually is. We are only offended because we forget the kinds of depravity we could reach if not for God’s grace.”

– Dan Haseltine, “Can Offensive Art Be Christian?” at Relevant Magazine

(Illustration: Vincent Van Gogh, Sorrow)