It was necessary for me to speak with authority and a firm conviction that God governed the atmosphere with harmony and love, and that we really were dwelling in the kingdom of heaven.
Visual images have long been used to reinforce messages of power and authority, ranging from the Romans affixing Caesar’s image on coinage to modern media showings of a dictator’s collapsed statue.
When our son Rick was in the seventh grade, we were at the dentist’s office for his yearly cleaning, and the dentist told us Rick would require braces for a short time to straighten his crooked teeth.