Dear friends, I read this poem at the end of my sermon last Sunday and several of you asked me for it, so here it is! Bruggemann captures so well the challenge of living faithfully and abiding in the Way of Jesus in the midst of our broken world. And I love the last line--may this year be for each one of us a time of "high hope" guided by the Holy Spirit! Peace and blessings, Nancy+ Epiphany  On Epiphany day,      we are still the people walking.      We are still people in the dark,...

With what stillness at last you appear in the valley your first sunlight reaching down to touch the tips of a few high leaves that do not stir as though they had not noticed and did not know you at all then the voice of a dove calls from far away in itself to the hush of the morning so this is the sound of you here and now whether or not anyone hears it this is where we have come with our age our knowledge such as it is and our hopes such as they are invisible before us untouched and still...

Dear friends in Christ,  We are here at the 3rd Sunday of Advent—JOY Sunday!  Advent was originally a season of penitence and in the midst of that is a recognition that we need to invite and receive joy always, so the third Sunday is when we wear rose colored vestments (at Trinity our rose chasuble is a VERY bright pink, that brings smiles upon seeing it every time!), light the pink candle on the Advent wreath, and anticipate the joy of Christmas in just a few weeks.  A pomegranate is a...