Sunday-Ps.23 is the listed psalm for the day. We do not pay as much attention to its closing section as the early section. Why is it better to be feted at the table on any enemy than with friends? For now, where would you most like to see your cup running over in different areas of your life? I iwll say that we live this out every time we have Communion.
Monday-Clinging to drab visions, we pursue paltry resolutions. Restore our souls, O god. Inspire within us such imagination that we may address with optimism the needs of this and every day." (James S. Lowry, "Prayers for the Lord's Day: Hope for the Exiles")
Tuesday-”I don't know anyone who'd recommend living "a divided life"—a life in which our words and actions conceal or even contradict truths we hold dear inwardly... yet our culture counsels us to do exactly that: "Don't wear your heart on your sleeve." "Play your cards close to your vest." Sadly, most of us learn early on that it's not safe to be in the world as who we really are with what we truly value and believe.”-Parker Palmer
Wednesday-Resilience is part of our name. It is the word I am trying to celebrate during the month of March. It's been a long hard winter for many of us and for some there is still no sight of Spring. The ravished land is a marvelous metaphor for what happens in the human spirit. There are times when what seemed to be blossoming in us comes to a halt and remains frozen, yet beautiful. How can we trust that the winter of grief in our lives, the deep containers of doubt, the mountains of discouragement can all become teachers for us. Somewhere in the heart of everything is a resilience that wants to lift its face, lift its voice-- and sing its way out of the frozen land of our lives. AND IT WILL! Macrina Wiederkehr
Thursday From Ira Kent Groff"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes" A friend shared these words from Marcel Proust. How do they speak of your spiritual journey?
Friday-After John 9 this past Sunday, I am still playing around with what we see and don’t see, what we don’t even realize that we see or do not see. I’m working through the little book Stitches by Anne lamott and her musings that many of us are blind to troubles because it is just too much to face. What are you able to see clearly/ when do you need help? what are your spiritual reading glasses?
Saturday-We have a small reflective “emerging church” style service at 6PM, usually wiht a sparse group. Lately we have been sharing some movies as well on Sunday afternoons. I need ot find a balance between success as numbers and success as quality. Still, I get frustrated that folks complain constantly about wanting a different service style at times and to have something good to watch and ignore it when it is offered. For me, I will keep on making offerings and let the acceptance up to others.
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