New evangelization is a “must” in our world today, hence it’s good news when every now and then, I see someone uses his/her imagination to the full to let people question again about the presence of God.
Let me start with one of the latest "creations" in the European continent. Yesterday, I came across a vignette in one of my favorite magazines The Tablet. It reports: “The model of Noah’s Ark is an evangelizing strategy of contractor Johan Huibers, who built it after dreaming that God wanted him to do so to share his faith with others. Since its completion in April in a village north of Amsterdam, the ark has attracted extensive media coverage and some 30,000 tourists. The ark’s dimensions – 70m long, 13.5m high and 9.5m wide – are about half the size of the 300-cubit-long-ship described in Genesis. But the cavernous hold is large enough to fit several life-sized models of the giraffes, elephants, zebras, lions and other animals. It also holds a 50-seat theatre for children to watch the segment of the Walt Disney film Fantasia telling the story of the flood. “I want to show people what the ark looked like to make the story more tangible,” said Huibers. “When people who don’t believe in God see the ark, they have many questions.” (July 7 issue, p. 15)
Now, here's a true story from the US about a modern day disciple who followed our Lord Jesus’ injunction to visit the prisoner. This was published in the Christianity Today.
And on a smaller “family scale” here’s a video clip of my 3-year old niece proclaiming the greatness of God in the things he has created – big and small! If you want to view this, click here (don't forget to put your audio on)!
