Journey Update

The Journey never ceases to amaze me: our own journey yes, but The Journey here at Linwood House when the house is full of voices, questions, laughter, tears, searching, resting, pacing. When old friends and new friends come from the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and Jen and Sue lead them in their time together for 3 days, we are given a new and wonderful look at beauty. We see beauty that has survived the horrors of living on the streets, and we see how betrayal has deeply wounded them. Yet together we see courage and compassion in each other as we hang out together here at Linwood.

In this past Journey, Sue and Jen shared about the imprints of love that God makes on each of us. Heart prints was a symbolic part of the time – what are the prints on your heart? What are the imprints of the Almighty that we can see in each other?

Every piece of creation has an imprint – leaves, flowers, rocks, there is no end to them. With rose petals scattered over the table by Jackie the theme of imprints also reached the meal table.

A rose
A flower that is whole
Yet really in pieces
Each with its own imprint
Each piece with beauty
No matter where it lies

Your life pieces
My life pieces
Each have their own imprint
And even though they seem broken
Each one holds beauty.