by Nicolette | May 8, 2020 | Reflections, Reflections by Rev Laurie
Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate...
by Nicolette | Apr 24, 2020 | Reflections, Reflections by Rev Laurie
I share a meditation below for this week, along with this question: What steps are guiding you through your days? What thoughts, values, rituals, traditions, or practices are keeping you company as we walk though this time of deep unknowns, on which none of us has...
by Nicolette | Apr 17, 2020 | Reflections by Rev Laurie, Uncategorized
Note: Rev. Margaret Weis invites you to replace “church” with “congregation” or “Fellowship” if that feels most appropriate for your community. The church is not a place; it is a people. The church is not only a steeple above the...
by Nicolette | Apr 10, 2020 | Reflections by Rev Laurie, Uncategorized
From “Refuge” by Terry Tempest Williams I pray to the birds. I pray to the birds because I believe they will carry the messages of my heart upward. I pray to them because I believe in their existence, the way their songs begin and end each day, the...
by Nicolette | Apr 3, 2020 | Reflections by Rev Laurie
“Look for the helpers,” my hero would remind us. When bad things happen there are always heroes who help. Mr. Roger’s advice was supposedly for the children, but don’t we all need to be reminded: When bad things happen there are always heroes who help. This...
by Nicolette | Mar 28, 2020 | Reflections by Rev Laurie
Yes, there is fear. Yes, there is isolation. Yes, there is panic buying. Yes, there is sickness. Yes, there is even death. But, They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise You can hear the birds again. They say that after just a few weeks of quiet The sky is...
