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How do beauty and justice interact with each other? |
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It's a question that artist Makoto Fujimura and attorney Haejin Fujimura have long considered. Together, they've found that beauty and justice "are the overflow of God's love—the mission-critical response of the church to herald the new creation."
In "Still Life with the Fruit of the Spirit,"the Fujimuras ponder the work of Paul Cézanne, the effects of suffering, and the power of restoration. They consider what it means to "echo the Creator"in our lives as we pray, serve, and grow deeper in the knowledge of God's love that resists reduction.
"In God’s love, there is enduring beauty,"they write. "In God’s love, justice flows into our lives. And as we gaze on that love, we find that beauty and justice are not divided but are woven together—indivisible, interdependent, singing in harmony across the canvas of creation."
May we live in the light of that beautiful truth. |
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