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“There is Divine Love – incarnate and indwelling in our world that summons us towards wholeness, which is ultimately reconciliation with God”
Wendell Berry.
Sermon Resources
- A dream of Hope, Wendell Berry a poem on Hope
Service Art
Image 1: Lambert Lombard (creative commons)
Image 2: Trees full of Clooties (cloths) at the Clootie Well Munlochy Scotland rags tied to bring healing from the water Scotland (Creaitve commons- image by amandaerson2)
Traditionally, the well would be visited at special times of the year, such as Beltane, the May Day festival of Spring, or when someone needed a cure for an illness. The well would draw people from across the local area, a social pilgrimage, each taking their turn to dip their cloth (clootie) offering in the water and say a prayer, before affixing it to a tree or bush. Closely linked with good health, the pilgrims would hope for a good year ahead. Those afflicted with an illness or injury would wash an affected area with water from the well, then attach their cloth to the tree, the idea being that as it rotted and faded away so did their affliction.