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Article: The derelict cross.(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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Wherever I put the cross, it changes how I look at whatever lies beneath it.
OVER THE YEARS I have accumulated dozens of crosses. I purchased quite a few of them myself, such as the crudely poured brass cross I bought from a young girl in Ethiopia, or the small golden one I found in a shop in East Jerusalem. Others have been gifts.
When I attended the Niobrara Convocation, a gathering of Lakota people in South Dakota, I admired the distinctive cross worn by members of that body. Made from stamped nickel, each cross hung from an elaborately beaded necklace that incorporated the red, white and blue shield of the Episcopal Church. Noting my covetousness, a ...
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