Rev. Megan
Berkowitz
Rev. Amy
Clark Feldman
Pastor Amy
April 4 2025
Dear Church,
This Sunday is our final Sunday before Palm Sunday and Holy Week. There is one week left before Jesus, with boldness and intention, arrives in Jerusalem to take a stand against forces of corruption, oppression, violence, fear, and hate.
For the last five Sundays we have been wandering in the wilderness with Jesus. For Jesus, his forty days in the wilderness were a clarifying, purifying time of preparation — a time to draw nearer to God, and to get clear about who he stood with and what he stood against. It was a time of wilderness simplicity and spaciousness.
We too have been making space and seeking clarity. Our invitation this Lent has been to let go of that which does not give us life; and to grow and nourish all that does. We have found life and strength in pillars of our faith: Compassion, Discernment, Generosity, Humility, and, this week, Prayerfulness.
I wonder how Jesus spent his last week in the wilderness? What beauty and hope did he see around him? What signs of life and clarity? What were his prayers?
May you take this week as a gift. There is much Holy Week and Easter work ahead of us. May this week be one of hope and clarity for you. Gather with friends at the April 6th Community Dinner; consider your pledge to the life of this beloved community for the year ahead; take time for prayer and spaciousness; sleep well; eat well; notice the flowers – that we might travel with joy and courage together with compassion, humility, discernment, generosity, and prayer in the weeks and months to come.
With Lenten Peace,
Pastor Amy
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