Sacramental Living

We have many candles all around the room, incense in different forms, floor lamps, etc. Only a few candles are lit at the beginning and people are encouraged to make the room their own while praying: light candles, light incense, flip on a light, turn everything off and sit in the dark.

It’s interesting to see what each person chooses to do. Some leave things as they were when they entered. Some totally transform the room. There is a metaphor of Christ’s kingdom somewhere in there.

Hours 4 & 5 … an interesting study. One lady comes with her eldest daughter — a second-grader. She enters and they both pray. They exit quietly, the mother in tears. Outside the prayer room she meets the husband of the lady who has just entered for hour of prayer. They are even now getting to know each other better … Sundays aren’t a good time for learning more about each other. It’s fun to hear the conversations of people in different stages of life. One an empty-nester, the other with elementary and adolescent parenting years ahead. One a northerner, the other a girl of the south.

There is beautiful diversity within unity in the church. If we would encourage that, what might Christ do in and through and around us?

SO TELL ME SOMETHING:
Is there someone in your faith community whose story you don’t know?

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Brian Niece
www.brianniece.com

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