The Women of the ELCA gather today through Sunday in downtown Charlotte, NC embodying the triennial event's theme "Of Many Generations." Among the visitors' options this afternoon was a tour of Belmont's Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden. From now through September 28, the gardens are hosting an exhibit "ZimSculpt" and artists in residence from Harare, Zimbabwe. The art is typically crafted without sketches or plans, and is carved from the stone in the geologic family of Serpentine. By serendipity the women's theme "of many generations" echoed in the sculptures that line the manicured paths of the gardens. Interspersed throughout the plantings, visitors view more than 100 Shona sculptures including "Family Discussion", "Unified Family", "Mother and Son" and "Newlyweds."
Like the sculptures that reflect the daily life and culture of southern
Africa, the women gathered here are living representations of daily life
and culture in this messy thing we call the Church. 
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