On a tour of a...
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On a tour of a local nursing home, a middle-aged man was considering whether or not to move his ailing mother into a room. He noticed that outside each room was a shadowbox, one foot high and two feet wide, filled with old pictures, medals, Christmas decorations and other mementos mounted behind glass. He asked the Director what they were.
"Those are memory boxes. Many of our residents have some form of memory loss, dementia, or Alzheimer's. They don't recognize themselves the way they are now. They are not old in their memories. So we fill these shadowboxes with pictures of themselves and things from their youth that they recognize. These boxes help them remember who they are."
The story of Jesus' last days is the story that defines us as Christians. From the Last Supper to Peter's denial, from the Garden of Gethsemane to the place known as Golgotha, these are the stories that bind us together and remind us of our identity.
"Those are memory boxes. Many of our residents have some form of memory loss, dementia, or Alzheimer's. They don't recognize themselves the way they are now. They are not old in their memories. So we fill these shadowboxes with pictures of themselves and things from their youth that they recognize. These boxes help them remember who they are."
The story of Jesus' last days is the story that defines us as Christians. From the Last Supper to Peter's denial, from the Garden of Gethsemane to the place known as Golgotha, these are the stories that bind us together and remind us of our identity.
