"This week has been an incredible journey. Thank you so very much for guiding us through this window to deeper spirituality. Your loving patience and expertise created a warm and safe environment to open, trust and explore....to welcome Spirit. It has been treasured, blessed time."
- Icon participant, 2011 | A Beginner's Experience The six-day journey from the first brush stroke to the final blessing of the icons was laden with laughter, tears, confusion, frustration, joy, camaraderie, doubt, faith, anxiety, hope ... most any emotion I could name.
Teresa was faithfully there as our guide. At one point when I came to her crying, she offered this consolation: "The process is very forgiving." And so it is. No "mistake" was irreparable. No lack of experience or inability to concentrate or faintness of heart got in the way of our icons coming to magnificent completion for our celebration on the last morning.God willing, this won't be my last experience with icon-writing. — Maggie Dimon, Atlanta |
