“The F-Word” – October 6th, 2024

With Rev. Sophia preaching, Morris Sullivan, Charlyn Bethell and Guy Urban.

In honor of the upcoming Jewish Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, we will explore the theme of Forgiveness as a transformative spiritual practice, discipline, and challenge. We will also sing “We Begin Again in Love,” a beautiful litany of atonement written by the late Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs. Deep Listening is our worship theme this month–come to church and join us in the blessing that is the sacred listening of music, prayer, silence, and the stirrings of soul. These days we all need a sanctuary for this. See you on Sunday!

Reading: A Moment of Happiness, by Sufi poet and mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks

A moment of happiness,
you and I sitting on the verandah,
apparently two, but one in soul, you and I.
We feel the flowing water of life here,
you and I, with the garden’s beauty
and the birds singing.
The stars will be watching us,
and we will show them
what it is to be a thin crescent moon.
You and I unselfed, will be together,
indifferent to idle speculation, you and I.
The parrots of heaven will be cracking sugar
as we laugh together, you and I.
In one form upon this earth,
and in another form in a timeless sweet land.