aside: ncd
Published by reverendmother 2 years, 9 months agoAm I crazy, or would this not make an awesome place to start a really cool and creative new church development?
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» There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places. -Wendell Berry
» “The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.” -Barbara Kingsolver
» It’s National Procrastination Week (who comes up with these things?), and in honor of people like me who like to celebrate NPW all year long, here’s a good article.
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It would be hugely exciting, indeed. A bit far for me, - but definitely exciting
I can’t stop thinking about it. Woke up at 5 a.m. straightaway (beat M by 15 minutes) with it on my mind.
Given the stories of the early church, I can’t think of anything more resonant than starting a church in a prison-turned-place-of-beauty.
Am so glad to know that Lorton is being transformed..and yes what an amazing place for an NCD….take a nap - you deserve it!
I like the idea too. why not sit with the idea and let it germinate much like you have been doing for nearly nine months? If after nine months the idea is still alive within in, it may be time for birthing and calling others to the same.
From the organization’s website:
“The prison facilities quickly grew and in 1917, the Workhouse received it most famous inmates - the suffragists.
About 170 women were arrested for their participation in marches in front of the White House on behalf of suffrage. These women were brought to Lorton where they were physically abused, forced if they refused to eat, and made to live in filthy conditions.
As news of the suffragettes’ poor treatment at the facility leaked out to the public, support for their cause grew. These women were part of the final phase of protests that lasted decades and resulted in women winning the right to vote in 1920 under the 19th Amendment. In 1982, a historical marker was placed at the Lorton Complex as a tribute to the suffragists.”
A connection to the women’s movement too?!? Metaphors on top of metaphors! Be still my heart.