Glory is to God what style is to an artist. A painting by Vermeer, a sonnet by Donne, a Mozart aria—each is so rich with the style of the one who made it that to the connoisseur it couldn’t have been made by anybody else, and the effect is staggering.

The style of an artist brings you as close to the sound of his voice and the light in his eye as it is possible to get this side of actually shaking hands with him. Glory is what God looks like when for the time being all you have to look at him with is a pair of eyes.

from Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC

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Gender-neutral version:

Glory is to God what style is to an artist. A painting by Vermeer, a sonnet by Donne, a Mozart aria—each is so rich with the style of the one who made it that to the connoisseur it couldn’t have been made by anybody else, and the effect is staggering.

The style of an artist brings you as close to the sound of the artist’s voice and the light in the artist’s eye as it is possible to get this side of actually shaking hands with him or her. Glory is what God looks like when for the time being all you have to look at God with is a pair of eyes.

from Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC