You are seen.
This is how I see others:
The Church of the Moment
I stop and wave to the driver
Before I cross the street.
To pick up some provisions,
And chat a while with the clerks.
Susan comes to assist me
to find an item I'm missing
As I thank her she laughs
and flashes a smile.
The small things we share
In an instant of time
A smile and a handshake
my, you're sure looking fine
Could the patterns we trace
In a single day's run
Embroider a cloth of a
Righteous congregation
Could a matter of seconds
In life's endless movement
Open the door
To a church of the moment.
These casual encounters
can light daily candles.
Close up the distances
warm up our souls.
A stranger offers help,
a gesture of kindness.
So direct and sincere
flashes of grace
Won't you please have this seat
The pleasure's all mine
These connections we form
While we go on our ways
Greeting folks old and new as we
Pass through our days
Just a matter of seconds
Can open the door
Malcolm McKinney 2022
"It is in seeing the other where the birthplace of connection resides." Yowza!! This nails it.
And you follow up with "It is here where belonging happens - not because of shared ideologies - but belonging in simply being".
Excellent words and powerful statements. Amen, good Sir.
This is how I see others:
The Church of the Moment
I stop and wave to the driver
Before I cross the street.
To pick up some provisions,
And chat a while with the clerks.
Susan comes to assist me
to find an item I'm missing
As I thank her she laughs
and flashes a smile.
The small things we share
In an instant of time
A smile and a handshake
my, you're sure looking fine
Could the patterns we trace
In a single day's run
Embroider a cloth of a
Righteous congregation
Could a matter of seconds
In life's endless movement
Open the door
To a church of the moment.
These casual encounters
can light daily candles.
Close up the distances
warm up our souls.
A stranger offers help,
a gesture of kindness.
So direct and sincere
flashes of grace
The small things we share
In an instant of time
Won't you please have this seat
The pleasure's all mine
These connections we form
While we go on our ways
Greeting folks old and new as we
Pass through our days
Just a matter of seconds
In life's endless movement
Can open the door
To a church of the moment.
Malcolm McKinney 2022
"It is in seeing the other where the birthplace of connection resides." Yowza!! This nails it.
And you follow up with "It is here where belonging happens - not because of shared ideologies - but belonging in simply being".
Excellent words and powerful statements. Amen, good Sir.