Barnabas File

I have just completed the first of two eye surgeries that remove cataracts and implant a new lens in each eye.   This is a time of transition.   The vision in one eye is improved significantly while the other remains the same as before.   My old eyeglasses work great for the eye that has not had surgery, but not at all for the one with the new lens.   The transition will continue through the next surgery on the other eye and for some time after. This is a liminal space for me.  Alan Roxburgh introduced me to the idea of liminality.  In a ritual, this is the state of being on the threshold from one way of doing life to another.  One is almost there but not yet. It is a time of disorientation, stress, and promise. The nation of Israel experienced liminal space as they passed through the wilderness. They were no longer slaves but they were not yet what God had called them to be. Parents experience this liminal space when ch...