Remember Touchdown Jesus, the statue of Christ in Ohio that was hit by lightning and burned to the ground?!
Well, appropriately for this time of year, Christ shall rise again.
But it won’t be the same Christ. The new “Christ” (an artist’s conception pictured above) will feature more of a “zombie-offering-free-hugs Jesus” as opposed to a “Touchdown Jesus”.
Tom Tsuchiya’s replacement for “King of Kings” — the sculpture commonly known as “Touchdown Jesus” that once occupied the reflecting pond between the Solid Rock Church and Interstate 75 in Monroe — is still in the planning stage, but already it’s started to pick up some nicknames.
Tsuchiya addressed Katherine Bender’s advanced sculpture class at Ross High School Tuesday, talking about his processes and updating the students on some of his projects in progress.
His sculpture to replace “King of Kings” will be installed this summer and fall, Tsuchiya said. It will be constructed of steel, foam and an acrylic aggregate material that will be mixed with ground stone so that it “won’t look all buttery,” he said.
So Parkay?
It will also have a lightning rod and won’t be as flammable as its predecessor, which was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire in June 2010.
Wait. In some places Jesus is a lightning rod.
“It’s hopefully not as scary and will look a little more inviting and friendly,” Tsuchiya said.
One can only hope.
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