Standing stones

When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, “Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,  and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests’ feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.’ ... When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’ then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.”   Joshua 4

Standing stones were set up to mark an extraordinary event or place. When someone passed it they would ask the question, “what happened here”? And it was an invitation to tell the story. Story and remembering are important. God uses story and calls us to remember – giving us all kinds of reminders throughout the text.

What do we use today to catch people's attention and mark certain events?