For I Am Persuaded

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For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in our Lord Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:38, 39

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For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in our Lord Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:38, 39

Print Size 9 × 12.5

Behind The Art

“How did you get started doing this?” I am often asked. One answer is this story.

Years ago I was lettering a wall menu for a friend who was getting ready to open a sandwich shop. I had just finished one of the several menu items when everyone – plumbers, painters, electrician stopped for a morning break. Looking around for something to read while I drank my coffee, I picked up someone’s pocket New Testament. “ For I am persuaded” Paul said in his letter to the Romans “that neither death nor life… nor principalities nor powers … or any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God.”

I looked at the lettering I had just completed on the wall behind the counter “Blueberry muffins with cream cheese - 45¢”. Since the setting was a restaurant, perhaps I can be pardoned for referring to “a fork in the road”.

Anyway, I finished my work on the menu, but something had definitely changed. I wanted to use the alphabet to share messages like Saint Paul’s.

A couple of weeks later I was reading an article by a German graphic designer. “The scribe” he wrote “is the servant of the text.”

—Michael