Celebrating the Past Year
30th July 2005
On Saturday evening, I attended a celebration service at my church. One of the church’s traditions is to gather together recount God’s faithfulness through the year and prepare for the next. There is a sense of expectation as well as of praise. As part of the praise and recounting of God’s faithfulness, the pastor would call upon members of the congregation to take the floor and spontaneously share their stories. Different people would share their stories, how God has led them to the community and what the community has meant to them and their families. There are stories of transformation, of reconciliation, of God working in people’s lives, often in radical ways. In the end, it is always about God showing up unexpectantly in and through the lives of people and transforming the lives and faith of people.
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