how was it for you

Last night we had a dream network service at Liverpool cathedral to celebrate five years since the launch of the first group.

It took a lot of work from a lot of people, but I loved it. There was a real buzz as different groups brought prayer stations and set up before the service. I loved the fact that because of that, no-one (especially me) knew everything that the service would include.

Most of the groups in the network are small. That's brilliant because one of our core values is that we are primarily building community rather than putting on events. It also means that there is then great potential for those groups to gather together for network events.

Some questions (please feel free to have differing opinions, that's the strength of being a diverse network)

1. Was last night helpful? In what particular ways?

2. Were there any lessons we can learn from what didn't work?

3. Did the cathedral seem a good venue?

4. Would you like us to have a regular network event? How often (opinions so far have ranged from "monthly or more" to "twice a year")

5. Any other thoughts?

Click To Pray 2 (Visual Version)

In connection with Dream To Go 16, here's a visual way to ask a similar question. (Keep adding to the comments in the previous post too - click here)

In the image below are 5 "landscapes" (easy to think of more).
(Click on image to see a larger version)



Each represents a different "place" you might be:

• City e.g. you're thinking a lot about career, purpose, what is my life for?
• Beach e.g. life is basically going OK, or really well.
• Mountain e.g. there is some mountain to climb for you right now - it feels too big.
• Canyon e.g. there is a difficult path ahead, but you have to walk it, but it opens out eventually.
• Desert e.g. looking for a path, or feeling dry and weary and needing refreshment.

... or maybe the landscapes suggest different life situations to you.

Which (if any) of these landscapes are you walking through at the moment?

Maybe you'd like to leave a comment, and as before, you might pray quickly for someone else who's posted.

I'm working through the Psalms at the moment trying to place them in different landscapes e.g. Desert (13, 63); Beach (16) and so on to represent what situation they describe, to give some kind of roadmap for the things we go through - not about glib answers or "here's a verse to make you feel better" ... much more than that - a sense that countless people have walked these landscapes before us, and their words are like footprints to follow.

Please feed in your ideas and thoughts about how this kind of visual approach could be helpful in your spiritual journey.

Thanks
Richard Lyall