Like the unraveling of a rope the threads in Doug rsquo s life were breaking one by one ldquo My mother had lost her prolonged battle with cancer a long-term romantic relationship was failing my finances were depleted my vocation was foggy The emotional and spiritual darkness around me and within me was deep and debilitating and seemingly impenetrable rdquo writes pastor and sculptor Doug Merkey These collective events combined with living in a cramped attic became the setting from which his sculpture The Hiding Place emerged It depicts Christ rsquo s strong nailed-scarred hands openly cupped together as a
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