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“He fades back to pass…here comes the blitz! He’s scrambling, picks up a good block. He’s looking downfield….looking….looking….scrambling way out to the right, now. Finds his man. He let’s it go: It’s a high-flying ‘Hail Mary’ pass into double-coverage in the end zone! The receiver’s up. He’s got it! He’s got it! TOUCHDOWN, JESUS!!!!
As promised, here is “Touchdown Jesus” as depicted on the outside of the sanctuary of First Lutheran Church in Brookings, South Dakota. I’m not completely certain that he looks that much like a “Touchdown Jesus”, but that’s how the locals refer to him. I was especially enamored with the homey touch of Christmas lights strung across his forehead and which get shadowed just above his neck. In September. And no doubt year-round. But undoubtedly the fine believers who worship at First Lutheran Church aren’t rednecks. Absolutely not.To me, it kind of looks like Jesus is hanging for dear life on the tightrope of organized religion, but I’ll tactfully not go there.
PhotoShop Contest:
If you care to, you may click on Touchdown Jesus to download a relatively high-resolution file for your very own personal photoshoppy madness. Contact me if you need a higher-resolution file: the one I’m giving you is about 1/3 camera resolution.
What I thought would be fun is this:, I’m kind of wondering what happened to Touchdown Jesus’ feet. I mean, they were supposedly nailed to the cross, right? So how they turned up missing on the poor guy is a bit of a mystery. Comment below with a link to your photoshoppy solutions to this conundrum, and I’ll figure out some sort of nifty prize for the winner(s).
Photograph Copyright © 2007 Dawnne Gee.
