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April 13, 2022 by Charles

Star-Breath by Joyce Rupp

I lie awake on summer’s greening grass soon to be soft with evening’s dew I lie expectantly, silently, waiting for a presence to breathe upon me. With the first sigh of the evening star my heart responds to a distant touch, a wisp of recognition, a waft of joy. Life-giving breath of the galaxies sails […]

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December 14, 2021 by Charles

Beannacht (Blessing) by John O’Donohue

On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets into you, may a flock of colours, indigo, red, green and azure blue, come to awaken in you a meadow […]

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November 30, 2021 by Charles

The Gift by Mary Oliver

Be still, my soul, and steadfast. Earth and heaven both are still watching though time is draining from the clock and your walk, that was confident and quick, has become slow. So, be slow if you must, but let the heart still play its true part. Love still as once you loved, deeply and without […]

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October 4, 2021 by Charles

Forever – is composed of Nows – by Emily Dickinson

Forever – is composed of Nows – ‘Tis not a different time – Except for Infiniteness – And Latitude of Home – From this – experienced Here – Remove the Dates – to These – Let Months dissolve in further Months – And Years – exhale in Years – Without Debate – or Pause – […]

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August 31, 2021 by Charles

Pilgrimage of Love and Loss – Tom Hearne – SUMMER SERVICE – August 15, 2021 (video and PDF available)

CLICK HERE for video of this sermon CLICK HERE for a printable PDF of this sermon. CHALICE LIGHTING: We light this chalice to remind us of the light that burns within ourselves, and others – and to remind us of our connection to one another. OPENING WORDS – Today we journey together – in this […]

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August 31, 2021 by Charles

Fire and Ashes, by Tom Prasada-Rao

All that may happen, all that we’ve seen, All of the lives, we’ve lived in between… Is that all gone for good? What are the chances… What we lost in the fire; we’ll find in the ashes? Well, I had a dream; it was just me and you. It was finally spring, and the world […]

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August 31, 2021 by Charles

On Joy and Sorrow by Kahlil Gibran

Then a woman said, Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow. And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. […]

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August 31, 2021 by Charles

To Speak by Denise Levertov

To speak of sorrow works upon it                 moves it from its crouched place barring the way to and from the soul’s hall— out in the light it shows clear, whether shrunken or known as a giant wrath—                 discrete at […]

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May 25, 2021 by Charles

Within the Light by Jean M. Olson

Headlights, taillights, going, coming; it does not matter inside. Draw a curtain across the window, lock the door and break the key. Let the interior deepen and broaden until it exceeds this ­little room. You will go out when you are ready, when the tiny inner Self no longer fits. Awareness will come, yet bliss […]

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May 24, 2021 by Charles

I will sing a new song by Howard Thurman

The old song of my spirit has wearied itself out. It has long ago been learned by my heart; It repeats itself over and over, bringing no added joy to my days or lift to my spirit. I will sing a new song. I must learn the new song for the new needs. I must […]

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