A Moveable Feast

Dear Friends,

We were blessed in August to have a visit from Rev. Baan from the Spring Valley Seminary, which we called “The Moveable Feast”. It was held in 3 different locations in the Pacific Northwest.

This was so enlivening that we all felt enriched by the talks and workshops.

It would be impossible to put down on paper everything that occurred, but I would like to offer some small snapshots.

During the day on Vancouver Island, we did an artistic exercise in a small wooded area with gongs and chimes. It was a beautiful sunny day, and we wandered through the woods with our instruments. I stood beside a grand old cedar, and as I banged my gong, the tree seemed to respond in kind: B A U M! It’s a very interesting thing that the German word for tree is baum. It was a simply awesome experience.

My favorite exercise with Bastiaan is, of course, singing, which we did in Vancouver. I’m sure if he wasn’t a Seminary Director, he could easily be a Choir Director. Hmmm, or perhaps he is the Director of a Heavenly Choir of Angels (our seminary students)….

I included this picture, which presented itself to me this morning as I drove into work – a flock of geese flying overhead on the way to a local lake - listening to a song on the radio by Ed Sheeran called Photograph. Do try to find this song, or at least the lyrics, as it’s very touching:

Loving can heal
Loving can mend your soul
And it's the only thing that I know

Dedicated to Trudy MacMillan, who passed away suddenly at the age of 62.

Sparky