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It always surprises when we have open and unstructured times of worship and reflection. During the service last night, people were invited to light a candle and float it on the pond, expressing their prayer/reflection of hope in relation to the areas affected by the tsunami.
The children provided some powerful reflections from their own perspective: thinking of those who had no parents, no homes, no schools... the things which impact them are at a different level to the adults.
Yet, recurring through the evening were pictures of hope and despair: people whose lives were spared under the most amazing circumstances, alongside those where two people were standing together and only one survived, while the other was taken.
To borrow an image from Henri Nouwen, it seems that hope and despair kiss one another in such times....
Posted by gary at January 17, 2005 09:46 AM
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