Jesus withdrew in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." But Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." They said to him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And he said, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. (Matthew 14.13-21)
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The children were given a chance to respond to this artwork in a small group on Wednesday evening. They immediately recognized the central figure, and said the colors made them feel happy. As they called out the names of the symbols one by one ---"a fish! bread!"--- one boy pointed to the cup and shouted, "A trophy!" Indeed the cup has been a trophy of mythic proportions; it has inspired grail stories almost since the events of the upper room. As I thought about it later, the boy's reaction was naively poignant. Christ's redemption, symbolized by the cup, is a reward humankind has won through no effort of our own, but through the blood of Jesus. Christ suffered on the cross to ensure our victory. We have the trophy, which is everlasting life.
David Reed said...
As the creator of this, I desected the the important elements of the stories, that this story is told in the four gospels, that Jesus was the center of the story, that he blessed the meal and took the elements of the fish and bread and was able to satisfy the hunger of the 5000. The finished art doesn't capture the effort, the thought, the process of what it was for me. This was the important part of it, for me, the process, as I hope it will be for you. What does it mean? How does it make you feel? What does a triangle in the center say? Is the energy, thought or meditation on this say anything to you personally in your spiritual communication of your faith with your higher power? Creating and communicating with others about our thoughts and experience with our God certainly must please him, thats what I pray. I also hope you feel how much our stay with you at Broadus enriched my family's life, we miss you and hope you will continue to be a part of our lives, it was an honor to be a part of this. Sincerely, Dave Reed
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