Shabbot Day

As my first post here as a "contributor", I'm going to recap for you our Day of Dialog and Sabbath...

We began the day with a cup of coffee (all fair trade no doubt)  and a scone...blueberry. Before 9am, it was only three of us there and we got to talking about where each other are at and how life has been going.  Its clearly that time of year - time for a sabbath.

By 9:30a there were six of us though and so we dove right in talking briefly about our own personal stories...where we've been and where we are. Some even had a clue about where they might be going. We opened the door (by the way our table we sat at was actually a door where the glass had been filled with grout and tile for a beatiful "new creation" - so we opened the door...and  laid it all out on our table...) After throwing out possible streams of conversation, we broke into two groups around two of the streams. Some of us talked about "fostering community". And others talked about "how not to talk about God". We had lunch and then went to near by Starke Park for an hour of silence and solitude in Heysichia (Greek for Prayer of the Heart). We regrouped and headed for the historic Aumont Tower. On the terrace of this 1916 building we had our evening prayer and our sabbath reflection.

It was a much needed time for sabbath and I we were successful in creating another model for conversation. We went into the day hoping for a day of Praxis (Action & Reflection) and the day proved refreshing, engaging and spiritual.

Thanks to all who were there - it wouldn't have been the same with out yall. Shalom.

The Historic Aumont Tower (1916)