Everything We Bring

Everything we bring

Everything we bring

To this place

Finds a place here

Every load we are lifting can be left

In this circle of safety

There is space for story and song

Here is hope 

And healing

Here is forgiveness 

And freedom

And coming to our senses

At this source

Whose depths are never ending

At this table

Whose banquet of abundance

Knows no bounds

No wrong

Is too wrong

To be righted here

No tragedy too twisted

To be turned

For everything we bring

To this place

Finds a place here

And every load we are lifting can be left

By Gerard Kelly

What does it mean to belong?

Designer and curator Mike Thorpe reflects,

‘To belong is to be accepted. 

To feel belonging there must be a space created by others in which there is safety, forgiveness, tolerance and generosity.

Belonging is more than a cosy grouping; it requires mutual work and effort through unconditional acceptance and respect. And above all, humility towards one another.’

‘Here is forgiveness, And freedom, And coming to our senses’