I find myself engaging in the “I AM” spontaneously alternating with the welcome prayer. I was drawn into the image on first glance centered in joy. In 1976-7 on a sabbatical:Biblical Exegise and Social Justice, we began with Exodus chapters 1-19. This Sunday reminded me of a foundational experience of Moses on Holy Ground before the burning bush which set me off on the slow recognition my “I AM”; ‘ You are my prized possession (Segullah), whose value to me is beyond all expectation (19:3). Intuitively “become fire”, a silent invitation that I am only beginning to be aware of glancing at this week’s image, a bouquet. Praying the I AM meditation this week is more akin to is “i am”. Many years of lived experience and suffering, the “still small voice” of I AM WHO I AM leads me to this week, this image as PRESENCE and “me” “presence”; no words; just JOY.
