{"id":10257,"date":"2016-02-15T21:53:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T01:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=10257"},"modified":"2016-02-15T21:53:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T01:53:51","slug":"amy-welborn-on-church-art-devotions-and-sacramentals-as-works-of-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2016\/02\/amy-welborn-on-church-art-devotions-and-sacramentals-as-works-of-mercy.html","title":{"rendered":"Amy Welborn on Church Art, Devotions, And Sacramentals as Works of Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

with a powerful story of grief and the Stations of the Cross:<\/p>\n

\u2026So, yes, mercy. How does it happen? How does God communicate his mercy and love to this hurting world? Through us, and in many ways, first and most importantly through one person\u2019s outreach to another.<\/p>\n

But also, this:<\/p>\n

To construct churches that tell the story of Jesus through their design, art and even just their very presence among us, standing firm in the midst of the city or as a quiet faithful herald on a country road; to erect a roadside shrine; to paint and sculpt images and symbols that bring the Gospel and the saints who have embraced into into the present moment \u2013 and to make the sacrifices necessary to \u00a0keep it all open and available to any and all passers-by?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a work of mercy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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