It’s interesting to see how information is communicated on signs, depending on the place and local custom. Some highways will announce turnoffs with arrows and words and approximate distances, others only offer subtle slanting numbers to indicate which side of the highway to exit, still others seem to only mark once you’re past the point at which a turn was to happen. There’s a great variance from one region to the next as to signage.
One distinct difference in signs is how moose are announced. (As someone who has had multiple encounters with moose, I tend to pay attention to moose signs.) As the photo montage I’ve included attests, the moose look different despite all being Canadian road signs… but the important thing is for each sign, the message is clear - this is an area where moose are commonly seen.
This can be a helpful reminder for us, when we are engaging in our own understanding of faith and our practices of sharing that faith. We all experience God differently from one another. We experience god differently at different points on our lives. So we do not need to be limited to sharing the good news of God in just one way.
Even the Evangelists all had different ways to tell us about Jesus; from their own perspectives and encounters and unique personalities. As John Dominic Crossan communicates, there is one Gospel that we learned in four canonical “according to”s. Mark’s bluntness is no less powerful than Luke’s healing focus, for example, they’re just different.
So how we tell the good news is how we experience it, how we have learned it, how we incorporate it into our lives. And it’s okay that it looks a little bit different than how others share it, so long as we convey the same message: God is love, and God is for everyone.
Even moose.
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