Two Different Candlelight Vigils
Here are two photos of candlelight vigils, both for the release of a hostage held in Iraq.
The first is from today:
The second is from three weeks ago:
The children in the first photo are lighting their candles for God. Their candles are meant as a prayer, a humble offering to God.
The protestors in the second photo are lighting their candles for an idol. At best, their candles are meant to call attention to a political goal. At worst, their candles are meant to call attention to themselves as individuals subjugated to a group.
Both recognize a power greater that the individual. The children recognize the Transcendant God. The protestors recognize the Group.
Here are two photos of candlelight vigils, both for the release of a hostage held in Iraq.
The first is from today:
The second is from three weeks ago:
From Mideast Photos - AFP
The children in the first photo are lighting their candles for God. Their candles are meant as a prayer, a humble offering to God.
The protestors in the second photo are lighting their candles for an idol. At best, their candles are meant to call attention to a political goal. At worst, their candles are meant to call attention to themselves as individuals subjugated to a group.
Both recognize a power greater that the individual. The children recognize the Transcendant God. The protestors recognize the Group.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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