Lenten Reflection Day 29 (Mar 22): COMFORT (Psalm 23).
SONG: Comfort Song by Laura Woodley Osman
POEM: Joy Ladin: Comfort Animal (excerpt): … You want to cry? Cry about that. Who do you think created / the animals to whom you turn for comfort, dogs, miniature horses, monkeys, ferrets, hungers you know how to feed, fears you know how to quiet? I form them, fur them, it’s my warmth radiating from their bodies, my love that answers / the love you lavish upon them. Your deserts and desolations are highways I travel, smoothing your broken places, arranging stars and constellations / to light your wilderness. Sometimes I play the shepherd; sometimes I play the lamb …
QUOTE: Veronica Roth: Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
Lenten Reflection Day 7 (Feb 28): FORGIVEN (from Psalm 32).
SONG: Pray for Forgiveness by Alicia Keyes: https://youtu.be/IvdYcpGw9Oo
POEM: Jane Hirshfield: The Weighing (excerpt): The heart’s reasons seen clearly, even the hardest will carry its whip-marks and sadness and must be forgiven.
QUOTE: Veronica Roth: Can I be forgiven for all I’ve done to get here? I want to be. I can. I believe it.