mootsoap
As part of the service we did at Greenbelt we invited people to wash the hands of a stranger. [Mike has posted some other stuff here.]
So often Christian spirituality can become about an individual pursuit, about trying to find God within ourselves and attempt some sort of internal transformation. Part of the point of the soap ritual and the service generally was to suggest that God may be found in others. In being present to others we are being present to God. Somehow God is present in this interaction. [See also Ian's post on the importance of community.]
At the end of the service we handed out a number of bars of soap so that the ritual might be repeated after the service. I was wondering where all those bars of soap ended up…? Did anyone repeat the ritual? What happened?
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