Posted on 02/23/2012 8:05:27 AM PST by Jaded
Asking his congregation to get permanent tattoos as a part of their Lenten observances may be one of the craziest things Ecclesia pastor Chris Seay has done at his artsy, pop-culture-savvy Montrose church.
Seay and Ecclesia's artist-in-residence, Scott Erickson, initially hoped to find 10 people to get inked with designs representing the Stations of the Cross, 10 moments that illustrate the story of Jesus' death.
The idea wasn't so crazy to the Ecclesia community, because about 50 of them answered Seay's call and have been tattooed with Erickson's custom-designed images of birds, hands, roses, trees and short phrases written in the traditional, Sailor Jerry-style tattoo text.
The tattoos will comprise an art exhibit for Lent, Stations on Skin, which opens at the church's Xnihilo Gallery on Saturday.
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Sorry.
I took a look as well. They obviously eschew all forms of formality; but the pastor seems to be preaching the Gospel.
There are 14 Stations of the Cross where I come from.
I tell my nieces that the lovely hummingbird they have on their breasts will become a condor when they get to be my age :>)
THAT was hateful, angry and bitter? I thought it was rather ho-hum and kind of vanilla.
"Wow," you might want to check your own brain.
That comment was VERY close to what the country comedian Jeff Foxworthy made about tattoos. His was about a grandma who had had a butterfly tattooed on her back when she was young and now, the boy cried out to his mom, "Mommy, mommy, grandma's got a BUZZARD on her back!" :o) Heehee.
OF COURSE there are 14 stations of the Cross.
I went to the Holy Land last year with Steve and Janet Ray, on an Ave Maria Radio tour. Steve took us to Villa Dolorosa at 5:30 A.M. when the streets of Jerusalem were TOTALLY EMPTY.
We had two priests along with us on the tour and all of us went along the FOURTEEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS. There are markers along the way pointing out the FOURTEEN stations of the Cross.
The priests wore their vestments and we had a wonderful time PRAYING the FOURTEEN stations of the Cross.
This confirms what I first thought about this church and pastor:
It's a CULT and will pass away when the minister, no matter how NICE he may be.
Tattoos? Please.
Chris Seay is a looney tune, perhaps even a NICE looney tune.
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