Pictures in the Sky is the second studio album by Christian singer -songwriter Rich Mullins , released in 1987 on Reunion Records. An early recording of the song "Screen Door" clocking in at 1:27 appears on this album but a full-length 2:11 radio version would appear on his 1996 compilation album Songs . "Screen Door" became a concert favorite. Mullins wrote the song in Chattanooga, TN on a trip to Knoxville, originally intending to write a limerick. When performing "Screen D