From May 23: Trinity Sunday

Dear People of Christ Church,

This week I’m writing from “Gathering 2013,” a meeting of youngish clergy from across the whole Episcopal Church. We’re a diverse group of “Gen X” and “Millennial” folks, ranging in age from our mid twenties to early fifties—I’m about in the middle third. We serve in cities and the country, in cathedrals and small parishes, and all the range in between. We’re talking about our churches and our lives, our hopes and fears, and discovering all the ways our stories intersect—and don’t.  We long to take risks, to be more comfortable with speaking the truth of the Gospel rather than succumbing to our fear or desire to be liked. We long to DO a little less and BE a little more, which is why, in place of staying up late to finish my letter to you, I offer instead this blessing for Trinity Sunday (this Sunday) from Jan Richardson.  I hope you can take a moment to pray, to be, and to reflect on where the mystery of God is with you today, as always, and how you are ready to receive it.

Poured Into Our Hearts: A Blessing for Trinity Sunday from Jan Richardson - Read her whole piece here

 

Like a cup
like a chalice
like a basin
like a bowl

when the Spirit comes
let it find our heart
like this

shaped like something
that knows how to receive
what is given

that knows how to hold
what comes to fill

that knows how to gather itself
around what arrives as
unbidden
unsought
unmeasured
love.

Peace,
Sara+

 

PS:

Curious about Brene Brown, whose work on vulnerability I mentioned in the sermon last week? Watch her 20 minute “TED” talk here.