Our church has a statue of Jesus above the altar. His arms are slightly apart with his hands turned such that we see his palms. He's also looking down, just a little bit. All of this works quite nicely for a statue mounted up high. It feels like the statue is looking down at us with his arms welcoming - you can almost imagine him saying, "Here, take my hand." For the Easter service, someone had placed a large white lily at the base of the statue. As I tried to focus on the sermon, I couldn't help but notice Jesus, looking at the lily. In this context, his arms conveyed more of a sense of joy, as if he were thinking, "Hey! A lily! I love lilies! Is this for me?"
I doubt that was the intent of whoever stuck the lily there, but I though it was sort of cool.
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I think the statue is a copy of "Bertel Thorvaldsen's Christus"
For some reason, a Swedish church decided to copy this statue in "LEGO"
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I think this is the kind of thought I would fixate on during a sermon.I think T and K have some sort of painting in the front of their church that caught my eye. I think there was something about the pose that made me think of sayings or words that would go with it. Now it's been a while since I've been to their church so everything is kind of hazy so I hope I don't offend anyone.
Melody
Oh my gosh, my mom told us about the LEGO Jesus! She said all the LEGOs were donated, and the ones that were colored are on the inside. Not sure what that message is supposed to portray...
And Melody, the picture in the front of my parents' church is supposed to be a portrayal of this past Easter's Gospel lesson. It's weird though, because it says in big letters across the bottom, "HE IS NOT HERE." Makes it sound like Jesus isn't with us at the church. Very humorous. :)
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