Given my open and extroverted nature, it may come as a surprise to learn that I really don’t like being singled out – at least not like I was today. Church, no problem. Conferences, done deal. Newspaper articles on the other hand… But when I asked to talk about the Taize services at church, I had to say yes. The following is the article that came out in today’s News Leader. Quoted relatively correctly, I’m glad to see the coverage even if I still feel a bit awkward about the whole thing.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Ash Wednesday
Last night we had another Taize service to celebrate the start of Lent. The music was wonderful again - I sat up front by the musicians and could hear the congregation singing behind me. It was so powerful to feel the space filled with prayer to God in that way.
After the service, I went over to the labyrinth, took part in the meditation stations, had some wonderful prayer time. There's some so sacred about a time and space like that. There were about 12 other people in the space, all quiet, all reverent. It filled me with such a sense of wonder, awe, peace. I thought of all the people, across this earth, across time, who have come to God in prayer, all the communities, all the families.
A wonderful beginning to Lent.
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