WelCom August 2020
The photo selected for WelCom’s ‘Parting Shot’ this month, was taken during Covid-19 lockdown by John Allen, of Fairlie, South Canterbury.
“Uncrowd my heart, O God, until silence speaks in your still, small voice; turn me from the hearing of words, and the making of words, and the confusion of much speaking, to listening, waiting, stillness, silence.”
Esther de Waal; ‘Lost in Wonder’; Chapter: ‘Silence’.
Readers are invited to participate in our Parting Shot series. Please send your image for consideration to: f.wafer@wn.catholic.org.nz or welcom@wn.catholic.org.nz
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