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EhiND<br />
ThE<br />
lENS<br />
A GLIMPSE INTO THE FILMING OF OUR<br />
POISON&WINE SERIES SERMON STARTER<br />
24 THE LOOP - A MAGAZINE OF CENTRAL COMMUNITY CHURCH<br />
cREATivE<br />
bRiEF<br />
Rel<strong>at</strong>ionships can be serious business.<br />
Well, let me rephrase th<strong>at</strong>, they are<br />
serious business. As a <strong>church</strong> we’ve<br />
just come out <strong>of</strong> an intense series called<br />
Gre<strong>at</strong>er, and after Poison&Wine we are<br />
moving into an even more intense series<br />
called BeachHead. As a cre<strong>at</strong>ive team<br />
we thought th<strong>at</strong> it might be a good idea<br />
to lighten the mood up a little bit for our February series.<br />
You’ve probably already read most <strong>of</strong> the Loop so I won’t go into<br />
detail again about the concept <strong>of</strong> our series, just to say th<strong>at</strong> it is<br />
less about getting a t<strong>at</strong>too and more about things th<strong>at</strong> a t<strong>at</strong>too<br />
can symbolise. Beauty. Pain. Permanence. For us, th<strong>at</strong> is the<br />
counter-cultural aspect <strong>of</strong> rel<strong>at</strong>ionships the way God fashioned<br />
them. Our culture tell us th<strong>at</strong> when there is too much pain or<br />
struggle we can just bail out. Our culture tells us th<strong>at</strong> after<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ionships have lost their zing, we should just move on to<br />
new ones. The decision to get a t<strong>at</strong>too is contrary to all <strong>of</strong> these<br />
notions, th<strong>at</strong> is, in order to see the beauty you have to endure<br />
the pain, and, once you have it, you have it.<br />
ANDREW<br />
PlETT<br />
dIRECTOR OF PRINT COMMUNICATIONS,<br />
GRAPHIC dESIGNER, EdITOR OF THE LOOP,<br />
PASTOR OF PRETTY PICTURES<br />
Photos by: Andrew Plett<br />
Photo: sCott trAPAsso
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