The Conversation

Our August forest church gathering was led by Michele and Henriette. They guided us in an 8-direction prayer, and read from John 1:1 which is often translated, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Referencing the book, Church of the Wild, by Victoria Loorz, Michele shared an alternative translation of the Greek word logos, translated in most modern bibles as "word," but which can also be translated as "conversation," or a relational force. Consider how this sounds:

In the beginning was the Conversation, 
and the Conversation was with God,
and the Conversation was God.
This was with God in the beginning.
All things came into being through this,
and apart from this nothing came
into being that has come into being...
And the Conversation became flesh
and dwelt among us.
(John 1:1-4)

Before our wandering time, Henriette invited us to reflect on the land that raised us, and as we wandered, to see if any conversation between that place and this place where we were gathered arose. What did the land want us to hear or remember or know?