Psalm 122: 1 says in part, I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” The first Sunday in Lent at TCC was just that kind of a glad time for me.
I walked many miles on The Path which formed our worship experience. The Path is a direct set of meditations to help worshippers meet and experience the Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. The six stations on the Path include The Grove which used imagery of a doorway for reflection on where God is leading; The Return of the Prodigal offered personal space to recall times of being lost and found; The Cup of Life invited us to gather around a table set with different cups which suggested various states of fullness and emptiness; Ikebana illustrated an example of balance and gave invitation to find the same; The Pool splashed with refreshment and observations about Jesus’ living waters; and The Sanctuary which invited us to enter and share about the places(s) where we have felt God’s presence.
Highlights of traveling The Path included for me:
As in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, being filled with wonder at the courage, joy, and faith expressed in the stories told in the circle of travelers;
Saying nothing and being, at times, alone with my thoughts;
Singing new and cool songs of along the Path;
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Being trusted to share another’s grief and hearing also that one renew their hope in the face of a small death;
Feeling the splash of refreshing water and being uplifted by the connections other’s made with the fountain;
Loving the lone daffodil in the Ikebana display and receiving an invitation from that yellow flower balance in life the small field offered.
The breadth of Lenten discipline and renewal is encompassed in Frost’s quiet but arduous couplet, “And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.” Walking the Path reminded me of the HOly Spirit’s accompaniment of our difficult and happy journey. I was so glad to take The Path today.
March 9, 2014 Weekly Theme Reflection by Rob Garwig