A stack of rough stones (12A; Matthew 16:13-20)
Imagine Jesus at the beach, building a cairn.
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On the rocky beach below Portland Head Light in Fort Williams Park in Maine, visitors have built dozens of cairns. The spindly stacks of stones, balanced precariously on boulders, echo the height of the lighthouse beyond.
