Even when we are quiet with only the organisers here, we still hold the Quiet Garden session and are refreshed. When we started we were told, ‘don’t be discouraged by lack of numbers, just keep offering the space to be quiet’.

Reflecting on this image of Still Waters, the name of our Quiet Garden, it is one of water welling up from the depths and offered generously for refreshment. This welling up and refreshment is there, full and running over, regardless of who is present to partake. Sometimes, drinking from what is prepared and offered for others feels selfish. Or are we following the example of Christ who went to hillside to pray and seek renewal? Unless we are willing to accept our own need to be refreshed and renewed, it is difficult to give to others without feeling strained and overstretched.