dekhomai

photos of the london 2007 festival

i have added a photo album from the 2007 london festival here...

dekhomai postcards

on this year's stand we will be offering a number of spiritual exercises. lots of people are unsure how to pray and meditate. the wonderful thing about the christian tradition is that there is a treasure chest full of things people have used down the centuries as aids to prayer and meditation. we are giving away 5 postcards related to these exercises. i have added them as a gallery with the accompanying text under each image. hope you like them.  come and visit us to try them out, make a dekhomai prayer cord, and collect your free set of cards.

the 5 cards are

prayer beads

the examen

blessings

labyrinth

forgiveness

walking into the light

  walking into the light 
  Originally uploaded by jonnybaker.

what is a step of faith? at the weekend i visited the bridge , an art installation by michael cross at dilston grove in bermondsey. the artist has constructed a pool inside the old chapel and designed a series of steps so that visitors can walk on water. the water has been blackened with dye so it looks pretty mysterious. when you stand on the first step the weight of your body as you lean forward causes the next to appear. it's quite a slow process, designed to be meditative. it's actually a prototype. michael is honing the concept hoping to perfect it such that he could install it on a lake. for the time being though he walks alongside the walker making sure everything works. it was a fabulous setting for it. if the steps had disappeared behind that would have been fabulous, and it would have been good to be unaccompanied (though i confess my legs were quite shaky at first). but it is a prototype. i hope to see a final version on a lake one day. it's well worth a visit, especially if you have a secret desire to walk on water.

i was praying yesterday about whteher to take a decision or not and the experience of the bridge came back to me. i could picture standing on one step waiting for the next to appear, but unless you take that initial step the next one won't become clear. i guess that's what a step of faith is all about. anyway having prayed i decided to take the decision...

more pics

have added more pics from gareth to the photo album from the festival. if you want to see all of his he has a set here on flickr...

photos from the festival

today is the last day of the london mind body spirit festival. if you're visiting the site because you came to the dekhomai stand, thanks. it was great meeting you. hope you experienced it as a welcoming place. we've added a photo album from the festival... - click on the link to it on the left hand side.

we're all pretty shattered but will be blogging thoughts and reflections here over the next few weeks and months.