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Frank Logue
This photo
taken at the Temple of Philae in
Egypt shows a Christian cross carved
into what had been a pagan temple.
Christians took over the building
dedicated to false gods and made it
their own. As I took the photo and
since, it reminded me that the story of
our Christian faith is not told in a
vacuum. It is the story we use to make
sense of the story of our lives, but we
do so against a background of competing
stories. In Morning prayer, we recite
the Venite, Psalm 95 verses 1 through 7,
which says in part, "For the Lord is a
great God and a great King above all
gods."
Our Christian worship remains to our
present day not as something without
competition, but takes place against a
background of other gods demanding our
attention and reverence. Our faith in
Jesus calls us to carve out space
reserved for other gods, the other
things we put before the one true God,
and open up that space to our Lord.
Frank Logue is an Episcopal priest and
church planter who previously
worked as a professional photographer.
Visual arts continue to be connected
to his experience of the Christian
faith.
The Rev. Frank Logue
Email:
frank@kingofpeace.org
Web site:
www.planetanimals.com/logue/
Parish: King of Peace Episcopal Church -
Kingsland, Georgia |
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