Thursday, January 20, 2011

Taize - Mid week post

Greetings from Taize. We managed to find internet, but it is a very bad computer so this post will be short. The class is going well in this new stage. We are all well used to getting to the three services a day which are quite interesting. There is no sermon, the service rather consists of chants, a scripture reading, some short prayers and a very long silence for prayer, meditation, reading scripture, or other silent activities. The food is good and the company is fantastic. We have made friends from Slovania, Norway, Germany, France, Belgium, California... you name it. It's a wonderful way to bring the "Making Peace" part of our course to life as we eat and attend services with our new friends. Personally, I have had several very meaningful discussions relating to religion and politics with my new acquaintences. There are so many diverse opinions circulating the world, if only one could document them all.

In short, we are enjoying our time in this community, but even so, we are getting excited for Paris. We'll post again soon with pictures from the beautiful Taize.

Karl

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