LIGHT THROUGH A CROSS SHAPED SPACE

I was visiting Glasgow the other day and i dropped into Renfield St Stephen’s for some lunch. here was a reason for the visit but that is another story, for another time. the Church is based in the centre of the city and has a cafe that s opened most days. it was good to meet up with my friend peter who is the minister of the parish. Peter is a really interesting guy, he always has something thoughful and creative on the boil. After lunch he said to me ” have you five minutes?” We excused ourselves from the table and I follwed him along the corridor into the church.

There hanging in the sanctuary was the cross in space.

If you look closely at the material, it is bits of white paper torn up and glued together. The overlapping of the paper with the torn edges have the effect of creating a kind of angel wings look. I found all this quite wonderful and powerfully symbolic.Angels guarding the space of the cross!

It got me thinking that we could use this for our next “SANCTUARY FIRST SERVICE on the 3rd May..

The idea I have is all life in now understood through the cross.

The cross is the space we all need to move into and through.

I can see people slipping through the gap the cross has made.

Slipping into a new life a new place

You can pass from one place to the next

Interesting to think about the space the cross makes

in space, in our lives, in our world?

The cross helps us move through time

even into eternity.

The cross creates a new world order

the new creation!

The cross is the bridge that takes us from darkness to light.

From pain to healing from disappointment to joy.

from unemployment to understanding

that life is work in itself and gives meaning

because life has meaning

So we move from life to beyond

So I thought we could explore the cross as the space of recreation in the world.

The space for change

The space for hope.

The space of relationships

So I’m looking for help

Starting from

“and through him (Jesus) to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.” Col 1:20 The God is who is reconciling all creation- redeeming time

redeeming life even redeeming our cultures.

We could start to explore what this means?

It would be cool to use the image of the cross and have images back projected on the four pieces of paper

use light at the back and see how the cross image would look.

Use people to move through the space

use the cross space to create a dance

To create an idea of mystery beyond

What does a cross shaped beyond look like?

Anyway this is a starter for ten

It is usings and thoughts to make you think and contribute.

I’d love to hear some of your ideas we could use in the service.