In Monday’s assembly, after some diversions and interludes along the way, we completed our journey through the ‘sailboat of needs’ concept referred to on several occasions earlier in the year.
Although four days of busy Pilgrims’ life already gives a sense of distance, I do hope everyone had a restful and refreshing Bank Holiday last weekend. As ever, there has been much afoot, and how good for it to be enhanced by the weather. (Though next week is not looking promising!)
When was the last time you experienced silence? Have a good old think. No, not then. Think a bit more. No, that doesn’t really count either. I mean proper silence… The sort of silence that actually makes you stop in your tracks because it has crept up on you, in a manoeuvre of aural stealth, and then ‘bang!’… or rather, ‘ !’… it strikes you between the ears. And you stop. And you listen intently to the chance to hear – well – nothing.
