Friday, July 24, 2015

Grow & Turn

One of PowerPoint's
animation styles
is named "Grow & Turn".



It allows you to call attention
to newly-appearing text
by having the selected portion
begin tiny and vertical,
and then rotate to
a horizontal position
as it also enlarges.

The text, then, actually appears
to both grow and turn
as it settles and becomes legible.

I cannot help but think
of the life of faith
in relationship to this phrase.

The Greek word that we translate
as repent literally means to turn.
Faith is a journey on which
we are continually learning,
 forever stretching, and
constantly recalculating (turning).

Can't you just hear Jesus
inviting the disciples (and us)
to so animate our lives –
to "Grow & Turn"?


© 2015 Todd Jenkins

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