Virginia Episcopalian Magazine Winter 2015 Issue | Page 27

ECW Honors Bishop Jones
The Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Virginia
commissioned a cross to hang in the chapel of Mayo House to
honor the Rt. Rev. David C. Jones, former bishop suffragan of the
Diocese of Virginia. The poplar cross was designed by Harrison
Higgins. “Making this cross was not simply woodwork,” said
Higgins. “Your thoughts go back to what happened on [one such
cross] 2,000 years ago, the suffering for Jesus, the salvation
for us, the depravity of humanity, the immensity of God's love.
Crosses should not be only beautiful; they should be jagged,
rough things, too, that make us think and remember.”

Photo: Kendall Martin

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