The philosopher Paul Ricoeur wrote that, "An idol must die so that a symbol of being may begin to speak." We live in a world where the idols of religion, culture, politics, and the like, are dying at a rapidly increasing rate, leaving many adrift in a sea of hopelessness and instability. It is the symbolic that has the power to turn these trouble and unstable waters into solid ground on which we can once more stand and find security.