when i saw the theme for this week’s challenge my immediate thought was this picture of my youngest sister Dawn [one of my most favourite people in the world] hanging out with some kids in Umtata [South Africa] on this missions trip we did and the idea of bringing renewal through the simple act of love and friendship and touch and story-telling…
the second one that came to mind was the collision of serious and comedy as i got the opportunity many year ago to baptise one of my good friends Megan Giggles on this camp that we did as a bunch of young adults – Megan asked if she could be baptised and so i asked the campsite people where the deepest part of the lake was and turns out it must have been low tide or something as we walked and walked and walked and walked and it just didn’t seem to be getting deeper. and so in what must be one of the world’s most shallowest baptisms [focusing strongly on the theme of renewal – symbolically joining with Jesus in His death as you go beneath the water and then rising up out of it symbolising new life, new beginnings, new commitment] we managed to get Megan mostly under the water and the context with laughter interspersed with deep meaning really added so much to the whole experience.
[For the previous Photo Challenge on the theme of ‘Geometry’ click here]
I love people done in black and white and your picture is beautiful….you “see” the people instead of the background or the clothes they wear….your picture is lovely
That first photo is fabulous; coming together for simple talk and sharing in a circle is something common to all cultures.
[…] [For the previous Photo Challenge on the theme of 'Renewal' click here] […]
Love the first photo and the story behind the second 🙂