Google the title of this blog and you are faced with a plethora of choices. Surely a PR nightmare! There are reasons for sticking to it though. It best describes the focus we are seeking to sharpen as one expression of the contemplative arm of the Christian church in Perth's western suburbs.
Some say the title is too vague (well, we were going to call it Thin Places but lots of people thought it was going to be about dieting.) "Where is the Christian distinctive?" some have asked. Any who have been on the contemplative journey quickly become aware that prayer goes beyond institutionalised determinations. It seems that God takes great delight in surprising us in the mundane, the complex, the ambiguous and the ambivalent. Sure - we retain affirmations that are foundational to our Christian journey but we are constantly called to new growth and new awareness. Awareness of these moments and the transformations to which they point are indeed "sacred spaces."
Sacred Spaces is also the title of a book by Margaret Silf (Lion, 2001) ISBN 0 7459 5113 9. The group that is the foundation for the new Sacred Spaces ministry will be working through this book over the next few weeks (Tuesdays, 7.30 pm at the Church of Christ, Wembley Downs). Something of the journey will be documented in following blog entries.
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I have found this book of Margaret Silf to be a generous and deeply moving one which is leading my spiritual journey to a more intense place. I certainly don't think the name Sacred Spaces is too vague - it encompasses so very much that is important in this hectic and selfish secular world.
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