Preparing for the S:VOX programme at Greenbelt, I am feeling a bit frantic and whirlish as there always seems to be lots of things to organise at the last minute!
Thankfully I have some good conversations with other team members and these help me to start to ponder on our theme for the festival: 'Heaven in the ordinary.'
Heaven for me is like a lighthouse calling into the dark, painful, sad and lost places in my life. Reaching heaven means taking small steps that support others and my healing and well-being.
Small steps like stopping for breath, sitting down and having a cup of tea! Walking by the beach and remembering to look up and enjoy the stretching horizon. Phoning a friend for no particular purpose but to connect. Getting a cuddle from a child. Planting seeds in the garden and picking beans and sorrel. Curling up with a good book. Playing music and singing. Kicking leaves in the Autumn. Sending a card that says, I am thinking about you. Making someone a present.
What are your small steps? Do post on the forum.
In our Greenbelt workshop we are going to give out stickers - these used to be a craze as bumper stickers when I was a teenager - Heaven is...
I've made a new Heaven is... page - do post your ideas there and we will also collect suggestions at Greenbelt and add them too.
Whatever your idea of heaven, or a place of well-being, I hope you find it in the ordinariness of life each day.
