Meg is a creative force in my life. We’re not the same religion, not even close, not
The Mender’s home on Sundays.
even on the same planet, religion-name-wise, but we are sisters of soul restoration. Meg is deeply creative and stitches her creativity into the lives of those who pass by. She catches a raveled edge of fear and smooths it back into the fabric of a life. She sees a button of calm about to unravel and fall into anger and stitches it back onto the soul to hold the garment of strength buttoned to the edge of calm. Meg is a creative mender of souls.
Meg is a Baptist minister and I . . . am not. I had quick ideas about what “Baptist Minister” meant, just like people had quick ideas about looking at me and thinking “fat, her own fault.” So I put down fast judgment and took a deeper look at the mender’s heart.
This morning I visited, via the interwebs, Meg’s church. I read her sermon, called God’s Laundry. And there I met healing for the Boston Marathon, for Connecticut’s dead, for the mess of killing and anger and hatred we are stewing in. I watched her mending needle darn its way between unraveled hearts and love. Meg’s dream, told, is what deep writing is about.
I struggle with Hope, as I think it gives false security. And I struggle with Faith, because it is hard for me to accept without question. But I did not struggle with this loving dream, told at the right time. I thought you would enjoy it, too, no matter what religion you are. Interpret it in your own way, it still comes out to creative love.
—Quinn McDonald didn’t ask Meg about this before publishing it. Quinn is vaguely aware that if she is struck by lightning today, it will be for her lack of religion. She steadfastly believes however, that she is walking in creative love because, while not religious, she is a believer in doing spiritual laundry.
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Quinn, thanks for sharing Meg’s beautiful sermon. I acessed her link and read it. She writes in a very gracious way. Thanks again.
She has a wonderful gift of story weaving.
Each of us worships, believes in a way that is comfortable for us. There is a commonality about it all though. There is always a supreme, wise and loving being at the center. One who encourages us to find the best part of who we are and broadcast it into the world. Whether religious or spiritual or both it’s about being kind and good and loving to each other. Walking in the proverbial shoes of another, understanding the pain and the happiness of those around us makes us better. Most of us want that. I want that. Thanks for a beautiful new look at doing and hanging out my laundry.
As someone more familiar with the Madeline Laundries than God’s laundry, this really spoke to me.
Quinn, And you are a poet, a weaver of words. Sometimes the best bit of your posts is in your little blurb at the end. {Hugs}
Sometimes they take longer to write than the blog post, too.
Thanks Quinn, so beautifully said and shared!
Meg does good work.