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Web Notes When We Are Scattered – July 31, 2020

by Martha Brunell

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 […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – July 28, 2020

by Martha Brunell

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 […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – July 24, 2020

by Martha Brunell

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 […]

Web Notes for When We Are Scattered – July 22, 2020

by Martha Brunell

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 […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – July 17, 2020

by Martha Brunell

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, […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – July 16, 2020

by Martha Brunell

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 […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – July 10, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected Dive In Dear Mayfield, There was a pair of elderly sisters in my first church named Mabel and Helen. Neither one of them had married, and they lived together throughout their lives. They kept a beautiful home and garden. When we renovated the church’s beautiful old parsonage in our ragged urban […]