Evendays

I want to put up Jeanne’s dad’s message that he sent out to the church, but I need to talk to him about it first. I will tell him you are praying. Thank you. – There is a religious retreat center/movement here in Europe called Taizé. The place is not too far from Lausanne, and lots of youth go there. Several of the protestant and catholic parishes send young people there for retreats, and from what I’ve heard, up to 5000 people meet together from all over Europe, from all different languages. One of Wife’s friend’s daughters spent 10 months there and really enjoyed it, according to wife’s friend (though she said the daughter came back as sassy as ever – Is sassy still a word?). But in an article in the recent protestant publication, this daughter said:

A Taizé, il y a à la fois beaucoup de monde et beaucoup de silence…

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At Taizé, there is at the same time lots of people and lots of silence (in worship). In the local parish, it’s the opposite. There are 10 people in the church, but lots of words, and little silence.

Now, I’m not a true Taizé fan, but that’s made me think: Few people. Lots of words. Lots of people, lots of silence. Could our worship time really include lots of silence before our God, or would we have to have a video presentation and humming in the background to keep ourselves interested? (I’d probably be counting the number of times people cough per minute. I guess that’s my math side…) Thanks for stopping by.