When a door is understood as a symbol of opening up new possibilities, it's a great name. However, the literal translation in German, Tür-Person, has very different connotations. People think of a bouncer or a guard - someone who keeps people out.When I was new to Godly Play I used to forget and call the Door Person a "doorkeeper", a word I fear can have some of those connotations of "someone who keeps people out". But then again, some of us might think of the Psalmist saying,
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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| licensed photo by "Emw" open doors at St Anne's, Lowell, Massachusetts |
I wonder what you think about the title, "Door Person".
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