But positioned at a ninety-degree angle is a side view of a communion table holding a chalice. Over it two hands extend a broken loaf of bread. A prayer . When gazing at the icon uncritically and lovingly, a space is created between the icon and the pray-er that makes room for mystery. The icon is more than the object for contemplation as the grace of God invades our lives.
Icons invite prayer.
And I can imagine that the practice would generate transformation both in what is seen and in the attitudes that the participants bring. Perhaps the symbol has become an icon that prayerfully invites one into the presence of the Holy. And I would suggest that those who practice worshipful work are iconographers. Every time they make space for the wonder of a story, connect meanings, draw people together around vision and passion, and sit together waiting the discerning word, they are writing a verbal icon. This page is built and maintained by World-Wide Internet Technologies .