The best place for me to pray is walking the beach in the winter: the ocean and the sand change every day. It is always magical to see how the sun reflects, and to look out and realize that this ocean can take me anywhere in the world! There is a connectedness with other cultures, and an awareness of the many areas of the world that are in turmoil and hurting. It is so easy to open up to God and to share my innermost thoughts, my prayers for others and myself and to ask for guidance. In the winter very often the only footprints in the sand are mine, heading to Sanderling or the pier and back, and I can easily imagine God walking beside me, ear cocked and listening! I sing many times. Sometimes, in the summer, if I see someone who looks lost or forlorn, I pray a “flash prayer” for that person to feel surrounded by God’s love and to experience something special. On rare occasions, my eyes will connect with him or her, and I’ll see a quizzical or surprised expression, and I smile. This beach feels like a “thin” place to me, closer to God than other places in the world, and it is so spiritual and so special. It is “home.”
Sandy Fricker
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