Apr. 3, 2024

“I am not frightened of change. I am frightened of things staying the same.”
–Victoria Smith

“There is no power for change greater than a
community discovering what it cares about.”
–Margaret Wheatley

Beloveds,

It feels to me as if spring has just blown in all of a sudden. Even though I’ve been tracking the budding and flowering of various plants for over a month now, suddenly, between leaves are appearing on tree branches (which always changes the landscape dramatically) and the strong storms and volatile temperatures of the last couple of days, it feels like spring is here! Change is upon us.  

Of course, spring isn’t a new thing, even if it feels all around me (to borrow from an e e cummings poem which is not about spring) like “something so quite new” is happening. Spring, and changes of all sorts, happen every year, all the time, whether or not I notice and think about it. 

All the many new (yet returning!) shades of green outside my window have me wondering about other changes, other opportunities for growth, for myself, for you, for us. Where are you encountering change? What is changing for us as a congregation? How might we find power for change in discovering what we care about as a community? What winds are blowing through our branches?

So much green, so much movement and potential…I am grateful to be able to share it with you, dear ones.

Yours in springtime and all the seasons of change,
Rev. Denise
RevDenise@gnuuc.org