Sep 30, 2020 | Reflections
Image: Robin Klitch, niece of Melanie Kyer Orange Orange is a warning. Traffic cones and ribbons mark construction sites. Hunter vests and blazing hats pierce through the trees, Where even bright fall leaves hail winter’s cold. Orange tells us: Pay attention! You have...
Sep 23, 2020 | Reflections
Nina Bisognani SEPTEMBER Peddling my red bike on the Eastern Trail autumn leaves announce my progress dry and crisp and scented faintly of fermented apples. Or perhaps the latter is my own wishful thinking. This season tends to pull me in fragrantly. The conifers of...
Sep 17, 2020 | Reflections
The Psalms Project Here in our Meditations During Pandemic blog, members of our congregation are offering new psalms written in response to the times we are passing through—psalms of hope, beseeching, thanksgiving, lament. As you read what is shared, we invite you to...
Sep 16, 2020 | Reflections
Image By, Nina Bisognani A Cry for Help I lose heart as seas warm, ice melts, heat unlocks old germs, and the globe spawns new ones. I struggle to feel your love and to remember that you are always with me. And I am afraid. Give me a sign that you are still with me,...
Sep 9, 2020 | Reflections
Images: Nina Bisognani and Barbara Ryther Lamentation Psalm My heart cries, my very bones weep. Emotions wrap tightly around me, binding my hands and my breath. My steps are seasoned with the salt of my tears. Anguish pours unstopped through me,...