Saturday, April 19, 2025

Prayer Loom Reborn

Nine years ago, my spouse and his father made a prayer loom for our Maundy Thursday dinner and worship (for more on that experience, see this blog post).  That summer, I used it for Vacation Bible School (this blog post tells about it and gives pictures).  Eventually, we moved the prayer loom to the back of the church sanctuary.  I liked seeing it and occasionally someone returning from communion might touch it, but I imagined it had been thrown away by now.

This morning, I woke to the happy news that the prayer loom has found a new life.  One of my friends at my Florida church used it for a class project and posted pictures on Facebook, along with a shout out to me.  Here's the picture:


I look at it and can see parts of the original, still there.  It reminds me of how our prayers build on each other, weaving a web, weaving a net, keeping us from falling into the abyss.

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