Contemplative Summer comes to a close this week with an episode on contemplating in church. As you choose a holy space in which contemplate this week, I pray that you will have a fruitful encounter with God who is crazy about you.
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Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Article: Heavenly Illumination: The Science and Magic of Stained Glass, from The Guardian
2. Article: Rose Windows of Notre Dame
3. History of Stations of the Cross, from Catholic Straight Answers
4. Journal prompts (while sitting in a church):
God, where are you directing my gaze in this church? What does this element have to say to me today?
What is my history within this space and in other churches? Can I gather in the goodness and light memories but also the pain? How does my history here impact how I see God and my life of faith in this moment?
God, I am here. What would you say to me today?
5. Song: In This Place, Trevor Thomson, Victoria Thomson
