August 19, 2020
REACH OUT!
Rev. Sarah Hathaway, Chaplain & Director
Office: (978) 402-8240 Cell: (978) 394-3774
[email protected]
Rev. Kristin Rinehimer, Chaplain
Office: (978) 402-8238 Cell: (978) 844-3149
[email protected]
Please reach out if you need support or
help in staying connected right now.
We are here to help!
I Wonder as I Wander
A common theme over the last few weeks in our department
programming (Sunday morning services, the Spirituality Circle,
and meditation) is how much our community values the
spirituality of nature.
As one resident recently said,
“Being outside brings me to a place of utter peace.”
In that vein, we offer a poem (on the back page) about the power
of nature to heal and rejuvenate, as well as some mid-August
pictures around campus. Things look a little different than they
did back in May, don’t they?
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Reuniting with Beauty
It stops there! All the greed, blindness, hate, lies.
Out there!
I have been letting you in too much, too deep,
for too long. I don’t even know
my own soul anymore, my own peace. My head is filled with your
ill-will. No—Out There,
it stops Out There.
Morning is here. I awake to the newness
of the day. I awake to the adventure
it holds.
Today, like every day, I have the chance to start over,
to greet the sun, to smell the flowers, to bathe in nature
and breathe her in.
Today I smile with the universe.
Today I accept the invitation
that beauty brings.
-Sherrie Lovler
This poem was first shared with us by Larry Bergstresser—thank
you, Larry!
What have you let into your soul recently
that you need to release?
How can nature or beauty help you to get to know your soul
again?
