Jim Goudie, participant on the contemplative canoe trip, shares the poetry and pictures below:
Contemplatively
Actively
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Walking in solitude
together
seeing ourselves and God
reflected
in the waters
in friendshipin words
in silence
in song and laughter and tears
in provisionin breeze and rain and fire
in loon, otter, eagle and gull
tree, mist, rock, stars and sun.
Gracious space!
loving touch!
filled with challenges
invitations to become.
Oh! the One who created
and is creating
us in this place.
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...and ye shall find
period
though some timesthe fog persists
especially in some places
leaving us to persist
in hope
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For more reflections on the Algonquin trip, please see Vicki Kensinger's blog at:http://emmaatlast.wordpress.com/