Light differs, leaves fallDrains clog, water runs
Colours radiate, time circles
Life turns, banks crash
Heat wanes, food gluts
Fire lights, hearts warm
Apples bake, custard pours
Life turns, banks crash
Movements of faith wax and wane like the moon but followers of Jesus have always continued to gather, pray, share, long for the Spirits life.
There are some fascinating gathered communities around the world. These micromissions, microchurches and micromovements are locally set, digitally connected, risk-taking in sharing in radical ways - sharing homes, money, hopes, interpretations of the life and passions of Jesus/Christ. They challenge and inspire me as the leaves turn my heart is turning too but into what I am not sure. This is my changing, transitional faith and a movement of change I can identify strongly with. My hope is that there are more micro-movements within the United Reformed Church. Perhaps this 'movement or order of prayer' which has come through the Silence and Retreats network is a nudge from the Spirit of Life to encourage us to break with the patterns of too much doing and more contemplation in local gatherings of followers of Jesus?
