It will be familiar to most Friends that spoken
ministry flows forth from some like fountains, others in occasional
bursts, and still others never find themselves speaking in worship.
But a fountain does not function alone. The water
that is the Spirit is brought to the fountain by pipes, perhaps
helped along by pumps, and just in this manner the whole worshipping
community helps along the Spirit, whoever happens to be the
mouthpiece.
Yet still, ours is a transformative faith, and our
pumps and pipes should not assume that is always to be their role,
vital as it is. If we allow it, the Spirit may transform a pipe, even
the deepest buried, into a wondrous fountain, that we may all
appreciate the beauty and bounty of it – be it for a day, or for
years to come.
Written May 2017
