EXPLORING THE FRESH MISTS OF FAITH
Water comes in many physical states and expressive moods.
By its essential character it enters into the discussion and discovery of much or our lives.
By its essential character it enters into the discussion and discovery of much or our lives.
Water, in its history, carries our origins. In its omnipresence, it reflects our present struggles.
Fear and chaos, refreshment and formation are all expressed and engaged in water.
Engaging life and adventure in and around water is a primal act of knowing ourselves, our origins and our redemption as well.
Searching out the power and effects of water is also a way of tracing the lines and textures of where God and the world have left their mark upon us and within us.
(Christians sometimes talk about baptism this way. In the water we are reborn and reconnected to the life and work of God in the world. Perhaps this is very near the creaturely truth of our species, as well as the spiritual truth of our inner being and lives of faith as well. The people of Israel talk about their history this way, in their stories of coming through the waters on dry ground leaving Egypt and heading toward the promised land. Perhaps the image works for all of us who seek the rebirth of a life of faith.)
