Rev. Megan
Berkowitz
Rev. Amy
Clark Feldman
Pastor Amy
May 16 2025
Dear Church,
As some of you know, I was away for part of this week at a program for clergy and spiritual directors. Each morning began at 7:45 a.m. with worship; and ended around 9:00 p.m. with worship. Spiritual leaders from around the country each led one of the first five services; with each service focusing on one of the five senses – taste, touch, smell, hearing, sight – knowing that Jesus engaged and experienced all the senses in his very human, embodied, incarnate ministry.
The taste of the fresh-baked bread and wine Jesus shared with friends; the feeling of the touch of the hemorrhaging woman’s hand on the hem of Jesus’ rough garment; the smell of fish grilled over smoky campfire shared on the beach after the resurrection; the sound of Jesus calling Mary by name in the garden; the sight and colors of flowers blooming in a garden. Jesus is with us in this present moment, and in all the ways we sense and experience the people and world around us.
During the sixth worship service, the leaders shared the story of the Prodigal Son, who wanders far from God, until in a desperate moment, the Bible tells us, “he came to his senses.” We acknowledged the ways we as individuals, Church, and country have wandered from God’s good path and asked, “What will it take for us to come to our senses?” What will it take for us to fully sense the divine in our lives and in the people and world around us? To follow our senses down the right path, back to the love of God and neighbor? In this week and as we worship and break bread with our siblings of the Boston Taiwanese Christian Church, may we all come to our senses – to taste, smell, touch, hear and see God’s goodness and guiding in this present and precious moment.
Blessings,
Pastor Amy
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