how huge thou art

I drove home to Ohio a few weeks ago to visit my sister and attend a little reunion at my college alma mater (more on that later).

As you drive by on I-75, just a few miles south of my parents' house in Franklin and just north of where my sister lives in West Chester, is an amazing sight. No matter what your belief.


Exploding out of the ground in front of the Solid Rock Church (a 3,000-member non-denominational mega-church) is a 62-foot statue of Christ called King of Kings. According to Roadside America, church leaders believe the fiberglass and styrofoam sculpture is among the world's largest representations of Christ and have submitted it to Guinness for consideration. (But hello, what about the 130-foot Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro?)

Inspiring? Maybe. Creepy? Definitely.

I remember watching the progress of the sculpture's construction during several visits home in the summer of 2004. It was most disturbing at one point to see Christ reaching towards the heavens . . . headless.