I make my own Christmas
cards, often using a photo I took during that year’s vacation. My card for 2019
highlights one of the reliefs on the outside of the Helsinki Cathedral in
Helsinki, Finland. I used only the nativity scene, which you can see in the
first picture. But the reliefs also told the rest of the story, as you can see
from the second photo showing Christ rising from the dead and coming out of the
grave.
Few churches in the
United States tell the story of Christ’s life on their façade where it
witnesses to those passing by. Even stained glass windows usually face inward so
that you have to be inside to see them clearly.
To some extent I
understand why American churches do it that way. A church is where we hear
God’s Word preached and receive the full power of the message through that
Word. Those who already know Christ are comforted and strengthened in their
faith by seeing the story as well as hearing it.
But it wouldn’t hurt to
share the message on the façade, as well.
Have a blessed Christmas.
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