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Early Spring
By Alfred Lord Tennyson
I.
Once more the Heavenly Power
Makes all things new,
And domes the red-plow’d hills
With loving blue;
The blackbirds have their wills,
The throstles too.
II.
Opens a door in heaven;
From skies of glass
A Jacob’s ladder falls
On greening grass,
And o’er the mountain-walls
Young angels pass.
III.
Before them fleets the shower,
And burst the buds,
And shine the level lands,
And flash the floods;
The stars are from their hands
Flung thro’ the woods,
IV.
The woods with living airs
How softly fann’d,
Light airs from where the deep,
All down the sand,
Is breathing in his sleep,
Heard by the land.
V.
O, follow, leaping blood,
The season’s lure!
O heart, look down and up
Serene, secure,
Warm as the crocus cup,
Like snowdrops, pure!
VI.
Past, Future glimpse and fade
Thro’ some slight spell,
A gleam from yonder vale,
Some far blue fell,
And sympathies, how frail,
In sound and smell!
VII.
Till at thy chuckled note,
Thou twinkling bird,
The fairy fancies range,
And, lightly stirr’d,
Ring little bells of change
From word to word.
VIII.
For now the Heavenly Power
Makes all things new,
And thaws the cold, and fills
The flower with dew;
The blackbirds have their wills,
The poets too.
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The Promise of Spring (1890)
Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912)
My beloved speaks and says to me:
“Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away;
for now the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.
The fig tree puts forth its figs,
and the vines are in blossom;
they give forth fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away.
Song of Solomon 2:10-13
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Empty yourself of everything.
Let the mind rest at peace.
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. - Lao Tzu
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Brigid in the Desert will be meeting in person on Palm Sunday, April 10, 2021. Palm Sunday is an important day in the Christian tradition, marking the day that Jesus and his entourage entered Jerusalem just days before he was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death by crucifixion. If you're interested in my take on this story, which is recounted in the books of Matthew (21:1–11), Mark (11:1–11), Luke (19:28–44), and John (12:12–19), you can read a sermon I gave at Primera Iglesia UMC in Phoenix back in 2013 here.
We will meet at 10 a.m. at Skyline Park in Mesa. The address is 655 S Crismon Rd, Mesa, AZ 85208.
Please join us as we discuss the topic: Awakening and Renewal
Whether we are two or more, there should be inspired discussion. Bring a chair or a mat to sit on and a bottle of water if you wish. Masks are preferred for close face to face contact. We will set up with plenty of room for social distancing.
For those who cannot make it due to distance or other reasons, a review of the conversation will be posted at my message blog sometime shortly after the meeting. You are invited to share your thoughts on the subject in the Discussion Group.
Until then, go forth and " be excellent to each other!" Have a wonderful month!
Bright Blessings,
Rev. Suzy Cherry, Parish Priest/ess
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Brigid's Hearth is an outreach project of Brigid in the Desert UAIC. We seek to meet the needs of the poor and working poor who receive assistance from food banks and crisis organizations. While food banks are able to provide food staples to those who struggle to make ends meet, there are a number of items that are often forgotten. At Brigid's Hearth, we collect these items and provide them to local non-profit organizations for distribution. If you live far from the Phoenix area, please donate to organizations in your area. we do not seek any special recognition from the organizations; however, we would like to keep track of donations on behalf of Brigid. Please send a list of items donated to Pastor Suzy at the email below. To see what we collect and how to donate, click on the picture to the right.
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Statement of Ministry
Brigid in the Desert is a ministry of the Universal Anglican Interspiritual Church (UAIC - Not Your Grandma's Church). We have our roots in progressive, inclusive Christianity. Into that, we bring complementary teachings and practices from other traditions. In this way, we seek to learn the teachings that bring us together across traditions while continuing to honor the rights of others to practice and believe in their own way. We recognize that we live in a pluralist society and acknowledge the value of respectful and compassionate ecumenical, interspiritual, interfaith, and multicultural dialogue, and seek to live our lives according to the spark of the Divine within ourselves.
As a resource for Life Event Celebrations, Brigid in the Desert offers services to those who are spiritual as well as those who are not, because in our own spirituality, we recognize the value of each and every person on this earth. We value the lives of all sentient beings, and honor them as they are in this world. This includes the LGBTQIA, Autistic, and other Neuro-Divergent communities.
We invite you to join us in our online discussion on Facebook. If you prefer, you are welcome to simply follow along at one of the links below.
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