Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, 13 November 2011
Nations united,
a people united,
the same thread weaving us together.
We say we affirm the inherent worth and dignity
of every person,
words that roll off our tongues
but get lost before they reach our hearts.
Meditation by Kirstin McKeown, 8 May 2011
Today is Mother’s Day, a time to celebrate the gifts in our lives given to us by our mothers. Some of us grew up with kind, loving mothers, and find this day easy. Some of us grew up with mothers who were missing, who died, or who betrayed our trust, and had to turn elsewhere for mothering. Most of us are somewhere in between those two points, with mothers who loved us to the best of their ability, cared for us to the best of their ability, and yet found themselves human and fallible.
Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, 3 April 2011
How far away we are
from the Middle Passage,
from the great graveyard of the Atlantic.
How far away we are from tsunamis,
earthquakes and melting nuclear reactors.
Our hearts ache for the past and for the present
that we cannot change.
Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, February 20, 2011
Source of love.
Love so hard to define.
Beloved community
so hard to build.
How do you begin again
with love,
when disagreement arises,
when disappointments come?
Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, 30 January 2011
Cold morning,
Grey sky,
Thankfully no ice.
Silence fills this sanctuary –
a blanketing of snow
that softens all sounds,
all the noise within our minds.
Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, 23 January 2011
The emptiness that is full,
The ending that begins,
The darkness that is filled with light.
All things exist within the shadows of themselves.
Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, March 21, 2010
Whatever you believe or don’t believe
I hold you in my heart.
For you are flesh and blood like me.
Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, 19 January 2010
Truth to power –
Earth, you surprise us with your crushing strength.
We forget that we are insignificant to you,
as you move and change
and shake our existence into ruins.
Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, 10 January 2010
Cold winter morning,
yet the sky is glorious before the grey clouds set in.
A sunrise of rose and red
against indigo and gold
reflected in fields of white snow.
Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, 13 December 2009
Snow-covered morning,
the sun rises pale pink
fading into a light grey sky.
The star wheel has finally turned
and true winter approaches.
Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, 29 November 2009
Spirit of Life,
May we give thanks
for small miracles:
For a woman
nearing the end of her journey,
who is blessed and surrounded by her dearest friends.
For courage
in the desire to keep on living
with dignity
to the very last moment
even with the acceptance
that dignity in death is never guaranteed.
Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, 18 January 2009
Spirit of Life that loves us into being,
Infinite and ultimate mystery,
May these walls be not a barrier.
Instead let our quiet longings radiate
From this sacred place where we have gathered,
As warmth from a hearth.
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Meditation by Rev. Diane Rollert, 11 January 2009
This day I am awash
in the rivers of sadness.
Oh God of Abraham,
Oh God of Ibrahim,
Why have you forsaken your children?
