Posts by Martha Brunell

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Web Notes When We Are Scattered – May 28, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Physically Distanced But Spiritually Connected Spirit Questions These are not the lupines featured in the story linked below, but they are one of the garden colors you will hear about as you listen. David Isay, the founder of NPR’s StoryCorps recently stated in an interview: “The soul is contained in the human voice.” May the […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – May 26, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Physically Isolated but Spiritually Connected Just One I began my ministry with the Mayfield congregation on May 1, 2013. In September 2013, I took a picture of this Monarch in the grass behind the parsonage. This was the only Monarch I saw that summer at 28405 Church Road. I have carried a copy of this […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – May 22, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Socially Isolated but Spiritually Connected And Children Shall Lead And a little child shall lead them. (Isaiah 11:6) Dear Mayfield, One of my favorite prophetic lines is the one above from Isaiah 11:6. It is a verse we usually hear during Advent. Sometimes it is a little child who is leading; at other times it […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – May 20, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Socially Isolated but Spiritually Connected Held In The Light Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, Rockford — Glowing For Grads Dear Mayfield, Between Monday May 11 and Thursday, June 11, on multiple nights each week, the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens is honoring area high school and college graduates.  Night after night from dusk until dawn the next […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – May 14, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Unity A contemporary art installation on an exposed sidewall of a residential building in the East Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. By breath, by blood, by body, by spirit, we are all one. (Sara Thomsen, contemporary US singer-songwriter)  LINK All living creatures are sustained by this life-giving rhythm, and we are dependent on plants, trees, and […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – May 12, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Socially Isolated but Spiritually Connected Balance Egrets on Captiva Island, Florida Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings.  — Rumi Dear Mayfield, When I was a much younger pastor and theologian I found the concept of balance somewhat boring from a theological […]