The website ‘Storied Colors’ is a catalogue of 250+ colours with information about their names, what each colour is made of (mineral pigments, plant or insect dyes) and stories about how they’ve been used, traded or banned. They range from some of the oldest colours like Egyptian blue (2500 BCE) to some of the more recently created colours like Safety orange which is used for safety cones, life rafts and high-vis jackets.
Such a collection is a rich metaphor for the colours of our lives, the ever-changing palette of life and the spectrum of human experience.
As we continue our sermon series on ‘Rediscovering Worship’ we’re thinking this week on how our worship gatherings need to encompass the whole range of the seasons we pass through as well as the seasons of life. It’s tempting to want to stage services that are always upbeat but then we would miss out on the turning of seasons and the ebb and flow of life’s tones. All these experiences shape and teach us. It’s valuable to ponder what is the good news for the different stages we pass and to think of how our faith is changing. It’s useful to recognise how we are being formed not only by the bright tints of joy but by the deeper shades of waiting and loss.
Danny Kaye said, “Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” The same might be said for the canvas of worship
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