Of all the symbols we encounter during Lent, none is more recognizable than the cross. Even as it is claimed by all Christians, the meanings that are attached to it are many. For some, it means salvation; for others, the power of unconditional love; for still others, the meeting of the heavenly dimension (vertical) with the earthly (horizontal). For Tillich, a symbol always “points beyond itself” to a mystery that cannot be fully explained. What is the meaning of the cross to you, as a progressive Christian?
I am standing before the cross in all its brutality
And feel overwhelmed by the enormity of it all.
Why could the church not have a nice
Life-affirming symbol instead of a cross?
Beatitude Two: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” (Luke 20: 21 says: “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.”)
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