by Lindsay McLaughlin | Apr 9, 2020 | Contemplations
We are grateful you are joining us for our “Journey of the Heart” today, on Good Friday, also known as Holy Friday, a time set aside for the hearing of sacred story, for opening the heart, and for tending soul. The practice has its origins in the early Christian...
by Lindsay McLaughlin | Apr 9, 2020 | Archived Events
Seventh Waypoint: Jesus Dies on the Cross and His Body Is Laid in the Tomb We walk to a fire burning in the circle. AT GOLGOTHA AND A GARDEN OUTSIDE JERUSALEM At the sixth hour, a darkness came over the land. The veil of the Temple was torn in two. Jesus, crying out...
by Lindsay McLaughlin | Apr 9, 2020 | Archived Events
The Sixth Waypoint: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross We walk up a trail and pause at a gully bringing to mind water which molds contours in the Earth’s surface, water which sustains life, quenching our thirst and making the plants grow. Water takes many forms, waterfalls...
by Lindsay McLaughlin | Apr 9, 2020 | Archived Events
The Fifth Waypoint: Jesus Is Stripped of His Clothing We walk into the woods, through the brown leaves and over fallen branches, to where an oak is lying on the forest floor, having come down in a storm long ago. The tree brings to mind other storms and disasters,...
by Lindsay McLaughlin | Apr 9, 2020 | Archived Events
The Fourth Waypoint: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem We walk from the Meditation Shelter to the open field. We notice the open space here where connections are made between field, forest, sky, and creature. We notice the circle of forest around us, reminding us...
