Last night, our home filled with people. On Sunday, All Saints is dedicating and blessing new buildings that have been under construction for almost 2 years. J and B, C and P, who were there at the beginning, and dreamed these dreams with us, are in town for the celebration. Even though the real "party" is tonight, somehow we all wanted to see each other again as soon as we could. What a gift to forget, if only for a little while, that time has gone by, profound change has reshaped our community, we have lost a lot even as the buildings were going up and as a parish community we continued on the journey. Last night, the conversation simply picked back up like we'd never had to say good bye.
I was grateful for our home, a place to open the door and say yes to friends. I was aware that Spouseman's and my 10 years at All Saints provide a thread of continuity, a story where the unexpected and undeserved have some space. In order to be found by these wonderful people last night, we had to be here, still.
As I began to turn towards Advent about a week ago, I thought that sometimes you have to stop to get anywhere. This fall I was gone from home a lot more than I have in a long time--at the CREDO conference, at Mary's ordination, to visit relatives over Thanksgiving. I don't anticipate going anywhere these next few weeks. I don't need to go into malls or get lost in retail cyberspace. I finished my Christmas shopping yesterday. Mostly, my path will take me to church, to my Pilates class, occasionally to the grocery store and I hope, to the beach with some regularity. I will be dwelling in the heart of my life. I will be here, still. Watching. Waiting. Hoping.
I look forward to going on the journey with you.
Posted by: Cathy | December 01, 2007 at 06:29 PM
I look forward to going on the journey with you.
Posted by: Cathy | December 01, 2007 at 06:29 PM
Thank you friend.
Posted by: RevRosa | December 01, 2007 at 10:09 PM