Spirit Shed

Today's Washington Post has an article about a high school in Chantilly, VA with a marvelously inspired outbuilding called a Spirit Shed.  The reason the Post found it newsworthy was that it is being demolished to make room for road improvement.

I wondered, "What's a Spirit Shed"? and then, "How nice that a high school in Chantilly had a Spirit Shed."  And finally "Maybe I need one for myself." 

In the past, when I've thought about a dedicated space for prayer or meditation, the structure had the shape of a Japanese Tea House, eventually involving gardens of moss and stone with koi ponds, arching bridges and 40 year old wisteria vines.

Now I see that I need a more practical approach.  It will be a simple structure.  Neighbors will walk by and ask, "What's that in your backyard?" and I'll say, "Oh, that's the Spirit Shed."  I can even paint the alley side with large lettering that reads, "SPIRIT SHED".  I'll invite people in to take a look.  The newspaper will come and do an article on it.  Before long people up and down Veazey Street and 37th and from even further away will be constructing Spirit Sheds of their own.  They will become so popular that Home Depot and Sears will have them pre-made and available from their on-line catalogues. 

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