“The Prime Imprinter” – January 12th, 2025

Rev. Sophia preaching, with Morris Sullivan, Eileen Ryan, Charlyn Bethell and Guy Urban.

Our theme this month is Story, and, this Sunday, we will ask ourselves about the stories that have shaped humans’ panoramic past and continues to live on in us today. Rev. Sophia will touch on the power of archetypes for they truly are mirrors into the human soul. What can they teach us about who we are and where we are today? We will also sing a beautiful opening hymn together called “As We Come Marching, Marching,” that sings a song of all people being deserving of bread, and of roses too! Let’s not let the chill or the despair in the air keep us from coming together and singing of hope, resilience, and roses! See you in church dear friends.

Our reading comes to us from poet and writer Kai Coggin and it is entitled: “Essence”

 I thinned the seeds already sprouting
in the bamboo garden
the radish beet carrot and bean

pulled each birth
out of the earth
and laid it on my tongue
crushed it with my teeth

and did you know these tiny sprouts
these little leaves and baby greens
already hold the heavy flavors of their final selves?

if only we tasted our own essence from birth
knew the transformations to come
were all part of the becoming—

that we had the imprint all along.