April 19, 2023

 Apr. 19, 2023

“How could we tire of hope?-- so much is in bud.
How can desire fail?-- we have only begun
to imagine justice and mercy, only begun to envision
how it might be to live as siblings 
with beast and flower, not as oppressors.”
–Denise Levertov, “Beginners”

Beloveds,

Today I am thinking about our legislature and gun violence (still…), about public policy that not only fails to protect our children but actively contributes to the deaths of citizens of all ages, about fundraising and budgeting and democracy, about spring and new growth and possibility, and yes, about hope. 

Thank you for being a community that can hold all this with me and with and for each other. I love being your minister, and I hope you are doing what you need to do to be connected and to stay hopeful.

Yours in imagining how it might be, 

Rev. Denise
RevDenise@gnuuc.org