Hanover Friends Meeting Sharing

Because I was disappointed that Brokeback Mountain did not receive the academy award for best picture, we neglected to see the movie that did receive the award. The name of that movie is CRASH. We have seen the movie and feel that it deserved to receive the academy award. It tells of the interrelated events that take place in the lives of those effected by an automobile crash. Those people are of many races, nationalities and social backgrounds. We had to see it twice in order to benefit from all the complicated innuendos. The worst and best ofpossible actions of people against and for each other are shown. The failure to understand cultural nuances and each other's languages bring tragic results.Several touching scenes will stay with me forever. Kindness does not always come from expected places. We think your understanding and appreciation of people will grow from seeing this movie.
Ruth Hunter

Searching Silence

Elijah stood upon the mount
and the Lord
was not in the great strong wind
and the Lord
was not in the earthquake
and the Lord
was not in the fire.
The Lord was in the still small voice
and Elijah heard.

Jesus,
saying not a word,
but speaking with his finger
in the drifting sand
points all our vision inward
with,
"Let him without sin
cast the first stone."
The silence speaks, we turn.

How filled with peace.
How spirit like,
to sit
with eyes half open or
half closed,
reflecting
through the heart
to that inner realm
where dwells the truth.

Kindred Spirits

It is lonely
walking out of step from others
happy in their lockstep marching
to the tunes
that others play.

It is lonely
facing worldly problems
from the quiet vantage
of the corner
of my room.

Comes a stranger
Quaker hatted, smiling,
leans his elbows at my window.
Smiling still, he walks away.
I follow.

There are others in a circle,
sitting in their quiet,
each a center,
holding beams of light
that marchers cannot see.

I sit no longer lonely

Movie recommendation : CRASH

Searching Silence

Kindred Spirits