Dancers of the very edges of things

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This liminal moment, nestled between what was and what is yet to coalesce into being;

description

A focused moment created for use at Widen the Embrace, a conference of the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity, London, October 21-23, 2011. It was inspired by a reading by Victoria Safford.

Transcript of Dancers of the very edges of things

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This liminal

moment, nestled

between what was

and what is yet to coalesce into being;

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this liminal space, a slice between where we were

and where we are going;

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this liminal opportunity,

a breath between who we were and who we will become –

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thin as a blade, it offers itself to us,

never shying away from any choice that has brought us here.

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Boldly, it opens into this moment, this place, this breath.

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We are dancers

on the very edges of things,

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our possibilities wrapped about us,

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the hems of our dancing skirts

swirling in the chaos of what might be.

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May we feel the urgency of time as it calls to us.

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May we

absorb the density of space

in which

we find

ourselves.

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May

we b

reath

e our

way

in

to th

e ful

lness

of

our b

eing.

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We are dancers on the very edges of things.

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So dance.