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Beloved Community,
Were you surprised to wake up to SNOW on Monday morning? I was! Oh sure, they'd predicted snow...but how often has it happened that snow is in the forecast, but never materializes on the ground?
I had actually planned to work on Monday, which is usually my Sabbath Day. I was going to represent you at the grand opening of Ronald Commons, a Compass Housing Alliance affordable housing project just to our north in Shoreline. I also had scheduled another meeting at the church. As it turns out, neither of those events took place. It was official, we had a snow day on our hands!
Just before lunch Bruce and I donned our snow boots, hats, and gloves and set out for a walk. The world was very quiet. The snow crunched under our feet. When we returned to our own yard we made the snow-person you see pictured at the top of this Mid Week Update, who we could see out of our kitchen window, cheerily looking back at us.
That snow day was so unexpected. It felt like a gift of grace....unexpected, unearned and restorative to the soul. I think this is what the idea of Sabbath is meant to be: time that is empty of schedule and commitment....time that is empty enough to fill us.
May you find days and times that fill you in many ways.
See you in church,
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