Church friends and families,
As we wade into this season of Lent together. I’m particularly grateful for our friends at Sanctified Art. Their artists and theologians do a masterful job curating this Lenten season so we may experience the Holy Spirit. If you haven’t picked up the daily devotion we are offering, please drop by the church office or email Sharon office@fwumc.org
I want to encourage you to join me in these daily devotions so we may focus our time and energies on the activity of the Holy one. This Sunday, we will dive deeper into the second week of Lent by studying John 3:1-7. For bonus points, read Genesis 12:1-4a as well. Both texts speak to the heart of our calling to seek in this sacred season. This Thursday, we will also continue our Lenten Soup Suppers at church at 6pm.
I’m including some poetry from our friends at Sanctified Art. It’s a lovely reading that’s worth reading aloud.
THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
seeking: How do we begin again?
how do we begin again?
Do we slide into something new?
Do we make a formal announcement? Dearest reader,
I have decided to begin again. Do we turn gradually, a gentle yield in a new direction; or like a wave,
do we crash onto the shore of a new day?
Do we grieve the change? Are there breadcrumbs on the path? Will Nicodemus be there?
Will it ever be easy?
I’m not sure exactly how we begin again,
but I know that moths wrap themselves in silk,
and after quite some time,
after many long nights,
after days spent alone,
they break out of their shell.
They pull themselves out under open sky,
and they spend the rest of their days chasing the light.
Maybe it’s always that way with beginnings.
Maybe it feels like the protective layer falling away.
Maybe we have to go it alone at first.
Maybe it feels like pulling and dragging yourself into something new. Maybe there’s always open sky at the other end.
