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We live in a world where people long for something bigger than themselves. Whether or not they believe in Jesus Christ, God, a Higher Power or just in the all powerful caffeine; they long to make space in their lives for the sacred. So they meditate, spend time outdoors centering themselves, decorate their homes in calming colors and patterns, attend a yoga class or spend time in coffee shops having “sacred conversation.” If we are to engage our culture we must offer sacred space both physical and mental. Sacred art, candles and communion as well as space to think, to wrestle with God and to express worship and to experience commuity.
What do you think? Where do you experience Sacred Space? What defines "Sacred?" Anyone have great ideas?
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well now, this is fun...I love talking...."sacred" in Hebrew is that which is other. As I think about "otherness" I am struck by those places where I experience something different than my usual- whether that be in conversation with my wife who sees things from many other view points, or sitting out in a sailboat in a complete other world, away from the usual trappings in this life. These places of otherness can leave me feeling uncomfortable and hopeful.....hmmm...I guess those times when I have sensed a sacred space, I have felt much the same...
My favorite image of God comes from Acts 17:28 "For in him we live and move and have our being."
So, I wanted to share this poem:
Lord, not you
it is I who am absent...
You are the stream, the fish, the light,
the pulsing shadow,
you the unchanging presence, in whom all
moves and changes.
How can I focus my flickering, perceive
at the fountain's heart
the sapphire I know is there?
-Denise Levertov
from A Door in the Hive (New York: New Directions, 1989), p.64
God Be With You,
Peggy
One of my favorite activities is God-watching. It's a bit like whale watching but, once you have eyes to see Him, He's easer to spot! One space that I find Sacred is Cathedrals. When Heidi and I go on vacation, we like to visit old Cathedrals - another cultures sacred space, and to experience God there. When I encounter the architecture, art, candles, the stillness, the complete "otherness" that sailbluewater (aka, my friend Greg) wrote about - I experience Gods presence.
Perhaps it's not so much the location, but my senses being attuned to God's presence.
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