Pastor's Letter

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Dear Friends,

 We pray you are safe and well.

Today's Meditation presents The Resistance Revival Chorus singing "This Joy." They say their mission is "to revive the hearts of those who fight for social justice--we sing together for freedom." They quote the poet Toi Dericotte: "Joy is an act of resistance!" It was sent to us by Lisa Bilotta.

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Dear Friends,

 We pray you are safe and well.

Today's Meditation is The Dance of Life as a Monastery dances with gusto. This group of contemplative nuns (ranging in age from 28-92) learned this Jerusalem dance as a way to cheer people up during the Coronavirus lockdown.

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 We pray you are safe and well.

Today's Meditation is a continuation of the talk about the Earth as our Spiritual Director. What is the Earth teaching you? How is the Earth guiding you? Christine Valters Paintner tells a wonderful wisdom story of learning how to pray from the earth.

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Dear Friends,

 We pray you are safe and well.

Today Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese" offers a meditation that our Spirit of Life Community is using for our Lenten Discussion tonight.

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Dear Friends,

 We pray you are safe and well.

Today's Meditation presents The Howard Thurman Story: Backs Against the Wall. It talks about how he was a spiritual activist, a nature mystic and how he was one of the first to talk about non-violence and how he brought people together.

  1. MEDITATION 286: The Earth as our Spiritual Director. Christine Valters Paintner melds the thinking of Thomas Merton and Thomas Berry (2/22/2021)
  2. MEDITATION 283: We are dust of the earth and dust of the stars (2/18/2021)
  3. MEDITATION 282: The Power of Concentration and Balance, Woman with a Feather, Miyoko Shida Rigolo of Sanddorn Balance (2/17/2021)
  4. MEDITATION 280: In Memory of Sue Malone: "When Great Trees Fall" by Maya Angelou  (2/15/2021)