Centering Thought “Like tiny seeds with potent power to push through tough ground and become mighty trees, we hold innate reserves of unimaginable strength. We are resilient.” Catherine DeVrye Masankho Banda, an African story-teller, uses dance, music, and drumming to foster resilience and peace.    

Centering Thought “When Ramadan and Lent begin on the same day, heaven is whispering something powerful to the earth. Different faiths…Different prayers… But the same hunger for God”. Muhydeen Atanda

Centering Thought “There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” — Amanda Gorman

Centering Thought God of Life, Give us courage that is steady, attention that is faithful, and love that does not collapse under pressure. May what aches in us become a source of wisdom, and may what we tend together become a seed of repair. Amen. Rev. Cameron Trimble

Centering Thought “Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”  James Baldwin

Centering Thought “Stability is not about standing still. It is about remaining faithful when everything else is in motion.” — adapted from the Rule of St. Benedict

Centering Thought Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Centering Thought God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. American theologian and philosopher Reinhold Niebuhr Widely used in AA meetings

Epiphany Welcome to worship! Centering Thought There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can’t get lost. Tragedies happen; people get…