Western Gathering:
FGConnections Fall 2006
Water Has Memory
By Raelyn Joyce
 Raelyn Joyce |
Walking back from the auditorium
to my dormitory in late evening,
I was passing the peace tree
planted earlier that day
and saw a man loading spades
and other tree-planting equipment into a truck.
“I’m sure this tree will be much bigger the next time I see it,” I said to him.
He said, “I learned that water from around the world watered this tree.
I read that on the bulletin board at the student union.”
“Yes, my dormitory roommate even brought water that came from Mecca,” I answered. Nodding thoughtfully, he said, “Water has memory.”
Raelyn Joyce serves as co-clerk of Kalamazoo Friends Meeting in Michigan. After teaching college English for over 30 years, she retired 3 years ago, becoming a grandmother to Simon, now 3, and Lucas and James, 9 month-old twins.
Western Gathering
- Expanding Circles by Aimee Bucholz
- Listen and Obey the Spirit by Rubye Howard Braye
- Touching others … others touching us by John Helding
- Water Has Memory by Raelyn Joyce
- Living Water Cards
- Sailing to Gathering by Linda Hill and John Scull
- More Reflections from the Western Gathering
