Hi friends,
Happy spring! I hope this email finds you enjoying the blooming flowers and the slightly warmer weather. If you missed the service yesterday, take time to watch this week. I talked about the ritual of apologies (something we could all be better at). After the service someone told me jokingly, “I wronged my friend years ago and I still haven’t forgiven them!”
For those of you who live locally, come on back to church in person!!! We miss you. Everyone enjoyed the return of coffee hour on the loggia. On Palm Sunday, April 10th, we are going to have a grand reopening—stay tuned for more details.
Please take time to scroll down so you won’t miss some of the exciting CCSM events happening. This coming week we will focus on Finding Hope in Unlikely Places. Hope is definitely we could practice more often—not the kind of wishful thinking that is sometimes confused with hope, but hope that is about engagement and action. Hope that lives unconquered even in the most seemingly hopeless situations.
As the great poet Emily Dickinson writes:
“Hope” is the thing with feathers —
That perches in the soul —
And sings the tune without the words —
And never stops — at all —
Be well, dear friends, and I look forward to seeing you in person or online.
Love,
Penny