Thursday, August 31, 2006

Greenbelt Secret


Coupland may have written it....but i believe it speaks for all those who gather in the midst of the sacred space called Greenbelt:

"Now - here is my secret:
I tell it to you with an openness of heart that I doubt I shall ever achieve again, so I pray you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God - that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love."

(Douglas Coupland, Life After God)

2 comments:

Malcolm Chamberlain said...

Paul, thanks for these reflections. I'm only sorry we didn't get a chance to have that pint! If every you're in the north west...

The Harbour of Ourselves said...

thanks Malc, yeah that beer! we will have to remedy that...

thanks for your kindness friend