Women’s Spirituality

Had our activities not been curtailed in face of the corona virus, our last meeting would have been focused on our prayer stone exchange. A year ago, we brought the prayer stone that had the name of one of our group for whom we had been praying through the prior year. The stone was given back to that individual with comments of what it was like to have held them in prayer through the year. The individual who had been prayed for also shared what that was like knowing they’d been held in prayer but not knowing who was praying.

We then again put stones in a basket and drew new names. We have held that individual in prayer through the year. The stones may have been set on window sills, by the kitchen sink, by a favorite chair, on the nightstand or by the computer—wherever it would be a visible reminder to pray. Often the prayers were simply a touch of the stone, a remembering and lifting up while at other times the prayers were more focused according to what was going on in that person’s life.

It was time to gather and exchange those stone again and talk about them and now we’re having to postpone for a couple of months. During that intervening time, find your stone if you’ve misplaced it, and continue praying. When we regroup, that will be our focus for the first meeting. It is hard for the people who have expected that someone was praying for them to not get any feedback, so please try to be present or prepare a note for that person.