REflections

One winter morning I sat at my window. The sun was shining after many days of freezing rain. The air was filled with the sound of running water. I sat and listened and I wondered. From that sound came a spring meditation:

In the morning, while
sitting by the open kitchen window --
I see the sun warming the winter landscape –
shimmering off the glazed trees.
A sound --like flowing water
fills the air –
yet there is no water near by.
I step outside and close my eyes.
I lift my face to the sun --
it thaws the chill of my heart's winter.
No breeze stirs the air --yet the sound
of a rushing stream continues without pause.

I open my eyes --the sun warms the ice
which has hugged the limbs and branches
of the trees for nearly a week.
Shining bits of ice are suddenly
released --they shatter and dance
across the frozen ground.

The enchantment of the frozen landscape
is coming to an end.
Soon the trees will have lost
their glistening coats of armor .
Outside my kitchen window –
the ground is warming –
three daffodils are
poking their green heads up –
waiting for their moment.

 I am looking forward to spring.

In Peace, 
Joan

March is lunch month for UUMH’s contribution to the food pantry.
 The kids in our religious education program want to challenge the congregation to bring food items to church each Sunday during the month of March for the food pantry. Please drop off your donations either in the collection box in the Fleck Room or the entry area upstairs. Suggested lunch items: canned fruits, fruit juice, canned tuna and chicken, peanut butter, jelly, canned soups, raisins. 

 Religious education classes will be held on March 7 and 14. On March 21 we will be leading the worship service. There will be no RE class on March 28.