So again, for all the beauty and power of these paintings, if asked I would against using such an image as sacred art. This is because on the whole African Americans, in common with most other Americans, are aware of what people from the eastern mediterranean look like. As to the validity of its use as sacred art, I would I think, make the same argument as with the Japanese images: that even if the intended audience is predominantly African American (or any others of African descent) the best sort of image for communicating the gospel would not be an African American Christ but rather a more historically accurate depiction. It is the depiction of an African American Christ by the American artist Janet McKenzie. Here is something a bit different and which raises different questions. I have little doubt that the intentions of this artist were good. It is of course, ultimately, a matter for those who commissioned them to decide. Given that it always better to be accurate if you can, for all the charm of these images, I might have counselled against painting them, if I were asked today. Perhaps I am wrong on this, I am certainly no expert on Japanese culture, but I would imagine that Japanese people are well aware of what people from the eastern Mediterranean would have likely looked like 2,000 years ago and so an historically accurate representation, informed by Christian tradition, would not alienate any Japanese observers. In this regard, it occurs to me contemporary Japanese are not so parochial as to jusify such images. Deviating from historical accuracy will always require some compromise whereby it is felt that what is lost is more than made up by the gains in communicating the gospel. The question as to their appropriateness relates to who is going to see these images, on the whole and will the painting communicate to those people the theological truths that are connected with images of Our Lady and Our Lord. It is apparent to all that these are not historically accurate images. Is This An Image of Inclusion or Exclusion?.
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What will we as a community do next with our full baskets? Would you consider a special gift to the Haven of Rest this Anniversary year from your basket of God’s abundance? When you do, know that we in turn will hand it to many others, meeting their physical needs and through that open up countless opportunities to pass unto them spiritual food, “the living bread” and “living water” by which they will never thirst again. We do this in order to share about the greatest need of humanity, a missing relationship with God through the bridge of the cross of Jesus Christ.Īt this time of the Haven’s 60th Anniversary, the real number we would like to think about is all the hands that have given, prepared and passed out food, provisions and funding to give not only physical food, but life giving spiritual food, teaching and direction.įor the past 60 years what if those hands had not been open to give or clasped in prayer? What if those, hearts had not been softened to share? A great question still remains. Please don’t miss the real reason we do this. Any one individual who stays the full year would be served over 1000 meals while in the Haven’s various facilities. The Haven of Rest at full capacity feeds, houses and provides daily essentials for 85+ men and women for up to 1 year (365 days) at no charge. Jesus finds his disciples according to scripture straining at the oars, and don’t miss the next phrase, “ for they had missed the message of the loaves and the fishes”. The Bible shines an interesting light on those disciples who had just been “hands on” with the great feeding of the 5000 miracle. Sometime later the same evening, Jesus comes to his disciples on the water and they almost didn’t recognize Him for who He was.
Jesus told them immediately to get into a boat and put out to the other side. It does not tell us what the disciples did with their baskets. It seems an interesting detail is left out. Each disciple took up a full basket of food.
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The message can be shared with men and women about how to have a relationship with Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life.Ī small often overlooked detail is recorded at the end of this miracle recorded in our Bibles. The way we see it, each day a physical need is met can buy valuable time to serve the greater need of all humanity. At the Haven of Rest during the last 60 years, we have lost count of how many meals have been served day in and day out to our residential population. On that day the meal count tends to get all the press and possibly causes us to forget why the meal was served. As great as it was, possibly more important was how many people heard and personally experienced Jesus that day while they ate. Our Bibles record a great miracle where over 5000 people were fed.
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