Learning to See: For Mature Audiences Only

For Mature Audiences Only suggests that sometimes we may be asking the right questions but, are unwilling or unable to listen for the right answers. Are we trained well enough in our sensitivity to the symbolic to really see where God is at work in our world? Consider Paul’s words from (Acts 22:17-31) in a contemporary context. Click here to watch Learning to See: For Mature Audiences Only on YouTube.

Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us. For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ Acts 22:17-31

Learning To See: In this series from Convergence on learning to see through the eyes of God, you are invited to consider the ever present mystery and symbol that points to something bigger than immediate circumstances.

Video Editing and Production: Dan ABH. Meditation/Narration: Lisa Smith. Original Score: Jay Smith. Featured images: Karen Swenholt (Sculpture – The Fool and Prodigal Son). Featured Image: Matthew Kiehl (Pen and ink drawing – The Good Samaritan). Featured Image: Laura Lyon (Photography – Baptism).

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