A message from the Rector
Our new Lenten class on Wednesday evenings started this past week. I've chosen to explore five themes of Lent -- beginnings, sin, repentance, disciplines, and contemplation -- through the lens of various poems. Tonight's topic is sin, and here's one of the five poems we'll be reading. Enjoy.
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On Slow Learning
by Scott Cairns
If you have ever owned
a tortoise, you already know
how difficult paper training can be
for some pets.
Even if you get so far
as to instill in your tortoise
the the value of achieving the paper
there remains one obstacle—
your tortoise’s intrinsic sloth.
Even a well-intentioned tortoise
may find himself, in his journeys
to be painfully far from the mark.
Failing, your tortoise may shy away
for weeks within his shell,
utterly ashamed, or looking up with tiny,
wet eyes might offer an honest shrug.
Forgive him.
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faithfully,
Amber
p.s. Join me in a collective groan that this Sunday is the beginning of Daylight Savings. If you still have clocks that you set yourself, do remember to move them.
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