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Tags: Faith
Date: 12 September 2010 20:49:18
Today as part of heritage open days I went to St Lawrence Church, where they had what they were calling Soul Space on. While I didn’t get to see all of it due to time pressures, what I did see I found really helpful. It was designed so that you could just walk round looking at the different stations that they had. It was designed to engage with all your senses. For example it talked about the fragrance of God and how we carry it with us after we have prayed. To help us remember that there were herbs that we were invited to touch and smell, and remember that the smell stays on us. I found particularly helpful the station about praying with icons. It commented that we are made up of body and soul yet often we don’t use our body when we pray, and that using something visual can aid us in prayer. Before anyone comments I realise that icons are far more than this, but is a useful starting point for people who have grown up within the sort of tradition where icons are seen as wrong.
In other news I have to workout how to explain to my mum by next month that it is not unreasonable for me not to know what I am doing in December 2011.