A Picture is worth ...

A picture, it has been said, is worth a thousand words. What pictures scroll across our minds every day? What do they communicate? The late Marshall McLuhan, in the 1960’s, talked about the end of the dominance of written texts. The, then ascendant, medium of television, he predicted, would overtake print media; the “Gutenberg Galaxy”, as a means of communication. Fifty years on, the evidence suggests he was a fair prophet.
 
What does this mean for Christian churches that deal mainly in texts, rather than images? The question is germane, particularly in this week when the gospel depicts Jesus in the enduring image of the Good Shepherd. Does that image communicate in the, largely, urban world of the present time? What of the image of the populace, “harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd?” (Matthew 9:36)
 
Join us for worship on Sunday if you can. In addition to the image of the Good Shepherd, we will focus on those of bread and wine. What does the image of the Holy Communion table communicate to you?
 
As always, the social “hour” following worship gives us all an opportunity to share in the joys of good fellowship. And Russ MacLeod will ring the bell for the Adult Class and engage us in thinking about how and where faith and everyday life intersect.