Honouring people who died during the past year
Map
Map
Story & Experience
As we set out on our walk through the beautiful forest, we took turns picking stones from the path. Each stone represented someone we knew who had died during the past year. We took turns listening to the story of each person’s life and why their death impacted on us. Forty-five minutes into our walk, we each were carrying a full bag of stones. As you can see from the photo, the sadness of the stories affected us both.
When we arrived at the shore of a beautiful lake, we used the stones to form a bird, the symbol of ‘Bringing Joy to Wounded Places’ and a circle, to symbolise unity.We did the reverse of bringing joy to a wounded place. Instead, we took our wounds to a peaceful place and discovered joy. As we took turns in throwing the stones, one by one, into the lake, we were struck by the beauty of the ripples each one caused. It is hard to describe the deep sense of peace and yes,
As we set out on our walk through the beautiful forest, we took turns picking stones from the path. Each stone represented someone we knew who had died during the past year. We took turns listening to the story of each person’s life and why their death impacted on us. Forty-five minutes into our walk, we each were carrying a full bag of stones. As you can see from the photo, the sadness of the stories affected us both.
joy, we felt but perhaps you will see it in our faces in the photo we took immediately afterwards.
When we arrived at the shore of a beautiful lake, we used the stones to form a bird, the symbol of ‘Bringing Joy to Wounded Places’ and a circle, to symbolise unity.We did the reverse of bringing joy to a wounded place. Instead, we took our wounds to a peaceful place and discovered joy. As we took turns in throwing the stones, one by one, into the lake, we were struck by the beauty of the ripples each one caused. It is hard to describe the deep sense of peace and yes,
RECENT STORIES
Regeneration at the Buffalo River
For our second year, our Global Earth Exchange brought together members of Lynda’s longstanding Active Hope group and family and friends inspired by Radical Joy’s ethos and practice, to observe the Summer Solstice with new[...]
Listening to the Sawkill
Solstice Saturday, June 21, in Woodstock, NY, eight of us gathered in the woods along the banks of the stream where we were headed a shortways upstream to the site of an ancient handbuilt dam[...]
Earth is sacred, whatever its state
The "Earth Matters" ministry of Irvine United Congregational Church hosted this event early on Sunday morning. It was new and we were pleased that four of us showed up. We had originally planned to have[...]