Oakland
7/25 What a Master Brings.
by lefever on July 25, 2011
I watched these videos on the making of Christ the Light – both are telling. One tells us the function of a church to a community – so very impressed by the medical care extended to those without medical insurance. I am … [continue reading]
The Light
by lefever on March 21, 2011
Christ the Light.
The Oakland Cathedral, for so lofty an enterprise, is earthy… and that is its brilliance. It is beautiful and smart, and humble – of Heaven and of Earth.
At first view it is like a birthday cake glass bucket–but it is more than that. It was exciting for me to see something new rephrase tradition with contemporary language.
It is a metaphor constructed on the premise that this Cathedral must manifest to the community the threefold office of Jesus the Christ: Priest, Prophet and King. Christ the Light Cathedral is designed to be a place where God is worshiped (Priest), where the Christian faith is shared and taught (Prophet), and where the poor and others in need are … [continue reading]
