Speaker & Worship Leader:- Kurt Payne
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Kurt Payne © 28 July 2024
“..you cannot attain spiritual intelligence through numbers..” was mentioned more than once during Barbara Thomborson’s service in May. This week Kurt looks more into this tiny facet while exploring a model of a whole person – no calculators required!
Looking at a painting of a tree
Drawing a picture of a tree we would draw a trunk, add some branches and pop some leaves on.
For an artist the gaps and space between the leaves is more important and can be bigger than the tree itself. The shadow and length of the shadow help give size and weight. Feel the shade and the coolness along the path. Imagine the birds, animals and insects living in it. Hear the sound of rustling, the smell of the sap, of the composting leaves. Source of food, provider of oxygen, of shelter and warmth as wood. A concept for family lineage, unitarians may have even had a phone tree.
This type of lateral thinking is needed when we start to look at the model of a human.
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