Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Celebration of Communion
10:30 AM • ZOOM Meeting
Scripture: Isaiah 40:21-31
Proclaimer: Mark Biddle
Sermon: “Revelation Surrounds Us”
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Artwork: East Coast Memorial, 1963, Battery Park, New York, NY.
“The eagle is a force to be reckoned with, for its strength, but also for its elegance and grace. We cannot help but marvel at it. Perhaps this is why the eagle is often used in national monuments.
The eagle is also a favorite subject of inspirational knick-knacks, usually quoting this passage. These pieces usually show a plastic blue sky with a soft sun beaming on a bald eagle, hovering over verse 31 in golden script. The image is calm and colorful, as if the dominance and sovereignty of the Lord were a calm image.
That is not always true, and I don’t imagine it’s what Isaiah had in mind. I imagine with the threat of Assyria at Israel’s heels, this kind of eagle is more what Isaiah was thinking of, strength and victory.” — Andrea Thornton
Attribution: Manca, Albino, 1898-1976. East Coast Memorial, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. [retrieved January 4, 2021]. Original source