Wisdom Calls...

In August (2018) I was invited to be part of a retreat with the Women of the Diocese of the Rio Grande.  At the Boldly Forward weekend, over 2 dozen attendees explored how the lives of Mary (Mother of Jesus), Mary Magdalene, Judith, Ruth, and Esther inspire our ministries in the 21st Century.

In working with retreat organizers Cindy Davis and the Rev. Pat Green, I was inspired to create a short sung response (with accompanying movements) for use in worship.

The text is an adaptation of Proverbs 8: 1-4. 
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Does not Wisdom call
from the heights, on the way?
At each crossroads Wisdom is taking her stand.
To you, O people, Wisdom calls
and her cry is to all that live. 

In the video below I teach the song and explain the movements.

And in this video, I sing the song, with movements, standing on the wall of monastery ruins at Holy Island, Lindisfarne.  

​You are more than welcome to use this song in the worship life of your own community--it might work well to welcome the Gospel (what we Episcopalians call the "sequence hymn"), or to precede the reading of any Scripture. 

At what crossroads do you find yourself today?

Can you imagine the Wisdom of God standing at that crossroads, with you?

Can you hear Her call to you?  

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The statue (pictured above, left) is a depiction of St. Cuthbert erected amidst the monastery ruins on Holy Island/Lindisfarne.  Cuthbert looks remarkably like the image I had in my mind of Holy Wisdom (pictured above, right) when I created this song and movement meditation.