Mirador

""Blending biblical material and creative imagination, Steve Dixon invites us to consider the meaning of the cross from a variety of perspectives. Profound and thought-provoking, challenging and moving, this remarkable book will be an invaluable resource for groups and individuals alike."" --Elaine Graham, Emeritus Professor, University of Chester ""This quietly subversive collection of reflections offers a panoply of interpretations of the crucifixion and what it means for us, exposing the limits of penal substitution and opening the possibility of transforming insight. Wondering about the cross is indeed the work of a lifetime. This is a worthy contribution to such contemplation."" --Carla A. Grosch-Miller, author of Lifelines: Wrestling the Word, Gathering Up Grace ""The church has never offered a definitive interpretation of what was happening when Jesus was the victim of torture and a vengeful death penalty. In the creeds we simply hear that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. Because of this, an imaginative space opens. Steve Dixon explores this space, not to make God an object of limited knowledge, but celebrating God as the cause of our wonder. His Mirador is a theological and poetic vantage point, asking us to look at horizons at a time when the church is being thinned down by an imaginative bereavement."" --Mark Oakley, Dean of Southwark, United Kingdom