oh snap

Terri changed the lay out. It really confused me.
Terri, I thought you didn't like gray. i thought you liked "earth tones"

Anyway, I went to a Taizé service at Covenant Presbyterian church, yesterday. Taize is (according to Wikipedia)

The community was founded in 1940 by Frère Roger (Brother Roger), who remained its leader until his death on August 16, 2005. The ecumenical community is made up of more than a hundred men from many nations representing Protestant and Catholic branches of Christianity. Life in the community focuses on prayer and Christian meditation. Young people from all over the world visit Taizé each week to join in the community life.

The community, though Western European in origin, seeks to welcome people and traditions from across the globe. This internationalism is reflected by the music and prayers where songs are sung in many languages and increasingly include chants and icons from the Eastern Orthodox tradition.

At the heart of Taizé there is a passion for the Church. That is why the community has never wanted to create a “movement” or organisation centred on itself, but rather to send the young back from the youth meetings to their local Church, to their parish, group or community, to undertake, with many others, a “pilgrimage of trust on earth.” In many places across the world, ecumenical prayers using music from Taizé are organised by people, young and old, who have been in touch with the community. These times of prayer are very varied and are integrated in appropriate ways into the life of the local Church.

It was really cool. I came in kind of late, and when I got there, everyone was sitting, facing a pulpit of candles. Some sang, some softly chanted. It sounded so pretty with the flute music, and cello, and clarinet. Barbara introduced my mom to it, who introduced me. It was very relaxing.
I'm used to church being a long process, not an hour of quiet meditation. And sometimes they sang in latin, sometimes English. I tried to sing in Spanish, and usually failed.
Afterward, Barbara took me out back and showed me the church's labyrinth.
This is what they usually look like:
Aren't they cool! The one at the church was made of stone though, and had a pretty little garden around the edges. The idea, I think, is to go in with a problem, and meditate on it while you're walking the labyrinth. I think it takes a while, and I guess, when you come out, you have had some time to think, and hopefully solve whatever you were facing.
I think it's a really cool idea, and we should all walk it when we get back into Lubbock. Not necessarily together.