Dear Holy Comforter,
As I think of our church body and how we are when we can be together, I smile and I feel a visceral pang in my heart because I know I can’t feel that joy of being in your physical presence these days, shaking hands or hugging. We are in a new territory now—which holds anxiety, depression and trauma and also opportunity. In this strange time we struggle with things like “zoom exhaustion” which is caused by the dissonance of being able to see others’ physical presence, but not being able to have the actual experience of having the real “felt sense” of another’s energy in the room. That dissonance is both confusing and tiring to our bodies and minds.
Below is a 5 minute video I made for Gestalt Pastoral Care—I hope will help support you in this challenging time. I play my violin in it as a meditation. I hope you will enjoy! As your Gestalt Pastoral Care Minister, I hope you will find musical meditation calming, encouraging, and comforting. My prayer is that it could remind us all of God‘s faithfulness no matter what, and that “nothing can separate us from the love of God.” We are all in this together, and with God’s Grace, I am holding faith that we will come out of it together somehow wiser, more compassionate, more resilient, and equipped to be God’s hands and feet in the world.
I offer this meditation with a prayer for blessings of peace and hope to each of you.
Agape in our Lamb,
Alexandra MacCracken
