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January 16, 2005

Sacred Space in remembrance

Our community Sacred Space tonight will focus on the power of water. Given that today has been declared a day of national mourning for the victims of the Boxing Day tsunami, we will reflect upon water's life-giving and life-destroying power.

Having constructed a small pool in the centre of our worship space, we will float candles in memory and place rocks in the water, watching the ripples of disturbance flowing out. A range of texts from the Bible will be available and read as we pray, raise our laments and questions, and reflect on the characteristics of water: something we need to live, yet which has the power to overwhelm and destroy.

The place of water in the story of Israel - deliverance from Egypt, Jonah, Noah, and others, will be recognised. We will then reflect on our own life-giving and life-destroying capacity.

Posted by gary at January 16, 2005 05:17 PM

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