you all were certainly with us in spirit on Easter Sunday...
even with pointe shoes, Anna is still shorter than Eva. :)
(a passage below from Ruth Haley Barton talking about the road to Emmaus):
".... While the experiences of the weekend were still fresh and raw, unvarnished and unresolved, they chose to walk together and talk with each other about all these things that had happened. And there was something about the willingness to walk together and speak honestly about the fundamental issues of their lives that caused Jesus himself to come near.
They weren’t praying in any formal way. They weren’t having a Bible study or worshiping in the synagogue. They were not having a formal quiet time. No, they were discussing the stuff of their lives—the things that had happened that were impacting them so deeply—and something about the nature and quality of their conversation opened up space for Jesus to draw near. The encounter that took place between Jesus and these two disciples was completely reorienting and life changing. Transforming, if you will!
And that is the essence of Christian community. Before Jesus draws near, a group of people journeying together is merely a human community. Once Jesus joins us on the road, it becomes a Christian community. As we discover ways to open to Jesus’ transforming presence on the road between the now and the not-yet, it becomes a transforming community!" http://www.transformingcenter.org/2015/04/road-together/
giving thanks for the sweet transforming community that our small group has become over the years...
Easter communion
shall we rename this "Elizabeth's prayer"?
(I always think of you with this when we say this prayer...)
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