April 29, 2020 Beloveds, Since my writing last week, Boulder County made the decision to extend “Stay at Home” until May 9th. Staying at home has definitely flattened the curve in Colorado. Thanks to everyone who has sacrificed to prevent the spread of this virus. The extra time gained by not driving kids to and … Continue reading COVID Prayers
April 22, 2020 Beloveds, Starting next week, some of our restrictions in Colorado will be lifted, as we move from a “Stay at Home” order to the “Safer at Home”. Click here and here for details. Please note that the very first directive for Safer at Home is that everyone should still stay at … Continue reading Safer at Home
April 8, 2020 Beloveds, This week’s message comes to you on the first day of the Jewish holiday of Passover and during the Christian Holy Week. In both traditions, it is a time of looking suffering squarely in the eye, and reaping lessons from life’s hardest moments. In both stories, a whole group of people … Continue reading A new way of being
March 31, 2020 Beloveds, Tuesday’s news about the magnitude of anticipated loss of life in this country sent me into a funk. (Apologies to those with whom I was on my last Zoom call for the day.) I’ve heard that the peak here in Boulder County is anticipated to be about two weeks from now. … Continue reading Reach out, keep reaching out, keep bringing in
Beloveds, Today the regional stay-at-home orders arrived, and the restrictions on our lives continue to increase. Lately, I can’t get Marge Piercy’s poem “The Seven of Pentacles” out of my mind, especially the line: This is how we are going to live for a long time, but not always We may be here, each in … Continue reading This is How We are Going to Live
March 18, 2020 Beloveds, As the landscape keeps shifting with the impact of a new coronavirus on our community, the Fellowship is here for you. By staying connected, we will navigate our way through these times. Imagine that everything we’ve done, individually and collectively, has been preparing us for this moment in time. Over the … Continue reading Staying Connected – COVID-19 and the Congregation
March 7, 2020 In Connections Weekly on Friday, March 6, 2020: Staff and leaders are planning for the possibility that the coronavirus will be confirmed in Colorado at some point. We ask that people stay home if they feel sick. We’ll switch to ‘touching elbows’ instead of holding hands or linking arms during the benediction, … Continue reading Coronavirus and the Congregation
Open up the doors . . . Open up all that you are Heighten and deepen your connections to the world around you Broaden your definition of neighbor Grow into the largest target for grace that you can muster And pray to become a gateway for even greater love and compassion Open up the doors, … Continue reading Open Up the Doors
If you are lucky, it happens like this: You lose a parent (and not a child) after they lived a long life, and as they were declining, but without too much lingering in the land of increasing diminishments. It is the natural order of things. The family gathers and shares stories grateful for … Continue reading On Losing My Father
Dear Ones, I hope you each found a way to enjoy the holiday season, and are feeling ready for whatever the New Year has in store. I chose to spend my holidays at home, and cherished the slower post-Christmas pace and spaciousness to reconnect with friends after a busy fall and lead-up to Christmas. While … Continue reading Intention and Presence
