I have been going to Perspectives....

...that class they are offering at church. Well last week we had an interesting sort of lesson on contexualization (which I think is SO important. anyway).

So we came in and the first thing you see by the door is a chair with all these headscarves thrown over the back of it. And then there is a bowl of water, and next to it, rows of shoes. And on a chair just behind the water, a sign. You are now entering a Muslim home. Please cover your hair and wash your feet and hands and arms up to your elbow.

I had some major issues with the headscarf. The first one was too small, the second too big, and finally, Mrs. Anderson just did it for me. Then the men went into Mckibben Chapel and the women went into that other one. We said a prayer from the common book of prayers, and a psalm and a verse. We were kneeling on prayer mats except for the older women who can't do it, they had chairs right by the mats.

So I learned a lot that night, and I don't want to put it all into one really long post. So the next couple days I will do one post on each thing, and then you know, if you want, you can refer back to here to remind yourself what the heck I am talking about, and how this all came up.

Salaam,
Sara