In a Time of Extended Anguish Peggy posted this photo of her cat Willow yesterday. Willow is one of several cats and dogs who live with Peggy. She came via the Carlsons’ barn several years ago. Her off- kilter attire reminds me of how disorienting this time can’t be for us. We can’t quite figure […]
Mayfield United Church of Christ 28405 Church Rd Sycamore, IL 60178 March 20, 2020 Dear Friends and Family of Mayfield, The Church Council would like to make you aware that we are temporarily suspending all events at Mayfield Church. This decision is based on the direction of the State of Illinois “shelter in place” action […]
For us, all life is being revealed in its insistence on wholeness; the organic interplay between our bodies, the natural world, the lives we make, the world we create. (Krista Tippett) Dear Mayfield, Spring arrives late this evening at 10:49 pm central time, its earliest arrival in 124 years. On the threshold of a new […]
It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. (Corita Kent) Dear Mayfield, For the unknown duration of time when we are scattered so that more of us might stay well and our health care system might […]
Reflection Resources for When We Are Scattered Sunday, March 15, 2020 (Lent 3) Water Can Be As We Begin: Our song of gathering was to be “Morning Is Broken.” You might want to listen to this beautiful morning song online or by way of a device in your home. Opening Prayers (read them slowly and […]
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. (Barbara Kingslover) This art installation has been growing through the hands of Roger […]
Happy Leap Year! If we surrendered to Earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. (Rainer Maria Rilke) One of our opportunities to be in the midst of Earth’s intelligence is our retreat day, “Seeing With Sabbath Eyes” on Saturday, March 28, at Russell Woods. See the registration form attached to this memo. Breakfast […]
As February ends, we are on the lookout for signs that the grip of winter is breaking up. Then openings appear where visible new life starts to flow and thrive again. Lent begins this week on Wednesday. The roots of the word “Lent” mean lengthen. In the northern hemisphere, Lent is marked by the lengthening […]
…this is fundamentally what spiritual transformation is all about: choosing a way of life that opens us to the presence of God in the places of our being where our truest desires and deepest longings stir. (Ruth Haley Barton) Mayfield Fellowship Update The Clubhouse at Somerset Farms was cozy with a warm fire going at […]
Book, Book, Book It’s February, and it’s time to bring in new and gently used picture books for our 2020 Bookcase Project collection. The congregation was well represented at last Thursday’s Literacy Banquet by Peggy, Joann (Peggy’s mom), J.T., Sue, Ann T., Karen, Rob Spanton, Billy, Theresa, and Martha. We will collect our books through […]