Surprise Buds, a new beginning, the thrill of spring, on the Anne Frank sapling, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA, late February 2019. There are thirteen saplings from Anne Frank’s chestnut tree planted on twelve sites across the United States in addition to all the others now flourishing near and far. Surprise 76 years ago today, […]
Hello Everyone, Linked below are our weekend reflection and worship materials. This is a communion Sunday. Plan to have your elements and a lit candle ready for your worship time. Also, if you would like to include congregational prayers in the prayer time, a list of current joys and concerns can be found in web […]
Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected A Quiet Place At the beginning of Sunday’s gospel, we read that Jesus went away to a quiet place. Dear Mayfield, Diana has recently shared with us that now is the time to come to the Waystation. She is right. The combination and quantity of blooms, colors, and pollinators are amazing. For […]
A Single Bloom a single bloom on a native prairie plant at North Pond Nature Sanctuary Dear Mayfield, Our two web notes this week are lodged between last Sunday’s gospel of small things — seeds and yeast and next Sunday’s story of the feeding of the 5000. Both webnotes will move us toward the energy and […]
Hello All, The link is below for our weekend reflection and worship materials. The story is in a video format because the pictures must be seen as well as the text heard. This week’s reflection is in three smaller pieces at different points in the materials. All three of those reflections can be accessed from […]
Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected Considering Habitat one plant — several phases — from bud not yet open to after the seeding Dear Mayfield, This picture that I just discovered on my walk this morning reminds me of the life of a congregation. A snapshot of any congregation at a certain moment reveals people in varied […]
Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected The Center That Holds Storm damage the day after — an old branch falls Dear Mayfield, In this web note I’m taking a look at the concept of the center that holds from four perspectives including the natural world, a contemporary person, a biblical personality, and a spiritual practice. The […]
Hello Everyone, The link for this weekend’s worship and reflection is below. In your time of prayer, please remember Melissa, the sister of a young colleague of mine, who has had two bouts with cancer in 2020 and now is struggling with a pulmonary embolism. Hold deeply and with care all those in health care […]
Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected Soul Food A recent contribution to our ongoing chalk talk at church. Thank you Sue. This is…how we inhabit the soul on Earth through a messy human life, living tenderly and authentically enough that we can be who we are everywhere and create a path to what matters. (Mark Nepo, […]
Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected A Matter of Masks A handful of my masks — in the city I frequently wear several a day. Dear Mayfield, The often-contested face mask has been worn by many of us for weeks now. I don’t come and go now like I used to, but I usually wear at least […]