Winner is in a church one morning when a less-than-desirable woman sits next to her in the pew. At one point, the woman starts tapping her finger on her knee and, instinctually, Winner reaches out and holds the woman's hand to stop it. The woman isn't bothered, and in the end, the two women hold hands throughout the service. Why do you think this happened? Do you think Winner needed to connect with the woman, or sensed the woman's need to connect with her? What, in the end, did Winner discover about herself afterward?
Sacrament is defined as "an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace." Many Protestant churches would say that the only sacraments are baptism and Eucharist--but, in a sense, this hand-holding became sacramental for Winner. Have you had an experience of something other than an official sacrament that seemed sacramental?
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