“Consider the mystery surrounding the first Shabbat. Why did God stop, anyway?  God stopped to show us that what we create becomes meaningful only once we stop creating it and start  remembering why it was worth creating in the first  place.”  We have to remember to stop because we have to stop to remember.”  Judith Shulevitz

We stop to create sanctuary.   In sanctuary, we let life in—every bit of life, wholeheartedly, whether that is grief or sadness or bewilderment or gladness or joy.  

We make space in which to see and to be seen.  We make space to welcome.  We make space to be Sabbath in a world of disquiet, disruption, and misgiving.  We make space to offer comfort or reprieve or hope.

I can tell when I do take my sanctuary time, it restores me; it’s a dose of grace mainlined straight to the heart.   (author unknown)

— Opening reading chosen and read by Amy W.

The Perfect Dance Partner

Brookgreen Gardens as sanctuary … ” a dose of grace mainlined straight to the heart “

— Photos by Nancy L.