I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving relationship, and remembered our mother at those times. – Sam Sheppard
But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross. – Bono