Greetings! 
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Sandy Prouty

 Minister of Children and Family

 

Dear Friends,

These are busy times. The subtle clues of fall's return along with the bold circle around the first day of school on the family calendar tend to plunge many of us into a traditional frenzy of lists and trips. The words "time waits for no one" seem to fill the house; the car; the shopping bags filled with school supplies, lunch supplies, clothes; and the thoughts of all participants.

We sometimes move so quickly in all of this that we forget what a significant transition we are experiencing as families. Each year as we prepare for school, we are approaching another milestone along the path that will someday send us in different directions. We are rushing through the steps that lead very soon to college campuses, foreign travel, first jobs, new cities, poignant good-byes, and someday-soon hellos.

These are busy times and times to be busy with relationships. These are times to sit and watch the sun disappear together on days less and less long. These are days for simple meals, long conversations, lots of holding hands, smiling and laughing. These are days to stop often, look at the children God has loaned us, and let every breath be a prayer of gratitude.

Thanks be to God for these loves of our lives and the time to be sure they know.

Peace and gratitude,

 

Sandy  

 

The Rev. Ian Gregory Cummins
Lead Pastor of Spiritual Life

 

Hi Everyone,

 

Here's the Lectio Divina text for this week:

"Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil.  So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is."

- Ephesians 5: 15-17

 

Our text this week speaks to making the most of our time.  Here are some thoughts from Mother Theresa about what constitutes 'wasting time' and what doesn't.

 

Grace and goodness,

 

Ian

 

"In the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results and we get caught up in being more and more active to generate results. In the East -- especially in India - I find that people are more content to just be, to just sit around under a banyan tree for half a day chatting to each other. We Westerners would probably call that wasting time. But there is value to it. Being with someone, listening without a clock and without anticipation of results, teaches us about love. The success of love is in the loving -- it is not in the result of loving."

Mother Teresa, 

A Simple Path: Mother Teresa  

 

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