Rev. Sophia preaching, with Missy Shay, Charlyn Bethell, Michael Collins, and Guy Urban.
We will consider how symbolism and metaphor can help us better understand our own faith and doubt journeys. This is the season where we get still enough to know what new things might be waiting to be born–let’s see if we can do this together. We will be better able to face these tilted times if we can! Michael Collins will be singing O Come, O Come Emmanuel, which is sure to open our hearts and settle our minds. Now is not the time to push through or flit away–come to church and be renewed Dear Friends.
Our reading this morning comes from the classic, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” by C.S.Lewis.
Chapter One, Lucy Looks into a Wardrobe
“…Nothing there!’ said Peter, and they all trooped out again–all except Lucy. She stayed behind because she thought it would be worthwhile trying the door of the wardrobe, even though she felt almost sure that it would be locked. To her surprise it opened quite easily, and two moth balls dropped out.
Looking into the inside, she saw several coats hanging up…She immediately stepped into the wardrobe and got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them…soon she went further in and found that there was a second row of coats hanging up behind the first one. It was almost quite dark in there and she kept her arms stretched out in front of her so as not to bump her face into the back of the wardrobe. She took a step further in–then two or three steps–always expecting to feel woodwork against the tips of her fingers. But she could not feel it…Then she noticed that there was something crunching under her feet…And then she saw that there was a light ahead of her…A moment later she found that she was standing in the middle of a wood at night-time with snow under her feet and snowflakes falling through the air…She began to walk forward, crunch-crunch over the snow and through the wood towards the light…”
Reverend Sophia Lyons
Rev. Sophia is committed to radical welcome and spreading the good news that is our bold Unitarian Universalist faith. Some of her areas of interest include interfaith partnerships, addictions ministry, spiritual direction, and working towards collective liberation for all. Rev. Sophia aspires to live her life and fulfill her ministry guided by spiritual seeking, big love, and the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism.