Looking For Meaning
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We leave no stone unturned
Looking for meaning
Searching for more
We often become the stones ourselves
Frantically looking
Patiently hoping to see
Someone
Something
Longing
To recognize a familiar
Sign
Or saying
Or smile
But everything looks the same
Yet nothing remains the same
Everything is turning
Changing but remaining empty
Our hearts beat faster
Time is ticking away
We are still...
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Today I met up with Russell McLarty, the Interim minister at Edinburgh's St Andrew's and St George's Church of Scotland. We had arranged a few weeks ago to take the bread and wine,two of the most powerful symbols of the Gospel out into George Street. Many people passed by and ignored the invitation others were polite as they explained they had to be somewhere by a certain time.
One particular man stopped and said he was Jewish, then with a smile he added "we've...
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I was reminded of a quote I once read...
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