I have been trying to follow the "discipline" of the daily offices lately. I really enjoy the idea of stopping periodically to arrest the compulsiveness of the day and to challenge the idea that my working is somehow what keeps the universe from falling apart (whatever sort of work I happen to be doing at that moment). (How do I fall into such self-centeredness?) It leads me back to, as Phyllis Tickle says, remembering that the "Watchmaker and I have a conversation about the clock and my place as a nano-second in it".
But I do long for a group, a community of like minded ones, who would actually like to engage in the act of midday prayer together. One in which we all choose to stop what we are doing, go against the flow of our fast-paced, me-centered world and have a conversation with the Watchmaker. Is that possible in our society? How much energy and discipline would it take from all members of the community? (for even though I dream about it, I know that my part is far from effortless).
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I was blessed to hear someone else echo my own heart's desire without wondering if I led them into it. I think it's ironic that there are so many of us aching with longing for community that is both authentic and truly spiritual... immanent & transcendent. Why is it so hard to find each other? Our "emerging" generation is HUGE... but I've been to 7 churches in 7 weeks and all I've ended up with is discouragement at how far away from the heart of God so many congregations seem to be. I'm not as consumeristic as that may sound... just feeling the stirrings of what I hope is a divinely inspired dissatisfaction.
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