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Each of our Sunday gatherings have a different focus. This week: Spring Has Sprung!

Good morning, friends. Thank you for gathering here today.

Good morning. I invite you to close your eyes for just a moment and remember the first time you truly noticed spring arriving. Perhaps it was the smell of wet earth after rain, the sound of birds returning, or the sight of green pushing through brown. That moment of noticing—that's where we begin today.

Spring is the Morning of the year.

Morning Has Broken Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Christianity speaks of Easter in spring—the resurrection of Yeshua paralleling nature's rebirth. The empty tomb and the sprouting seed become kindred symbols. As one early Christian writer put it, "Christ is the first fruits, and then those who belong to him."

Judaism celebrates Pesach, Passover in spring, commemorating liberation from bondage. The Seder plate includes bitter herbs and fresh greens—reminding us that freedom and new growth come together. The month of Nisan is called "the head of months," a beginning.

These two annual observances have just passed.

Islam observes Ramadan sometimes in spring, where the breaking of fast each evening coincides with longer days and blooming landscapes. Many Muslim poets, from Rumi to Hafez, wrote of spring as a metaphor for divine love awakening the heart.

Hinduism, the Sanatana Dharma, celebrates Holi, the festival of colors, in early spring. It marks the victory of good over evil and the arrival of warmth. The blooming of the palash flower becomes a symbol of divine playfulness and joy. Holi was recently observed.

Buddhism teaches mindfulness of impermanence. Spring flowers bloom brilliantly but briefly—a reminder that all conditioned things arise and pass away. Yet in that transience lies beauty, and in that beauty, a path to compassion.

Indigenous traditions across cultures mark spring as a time of ceremony, gratitude, and reciprocity with the land. The First Flowers, the First Salmon, the First Green—these are sacred moments of relationship.

What unites these perspectives? A recognition that spring is not just observed—it's participated in. We are not spectators of renewal; we are participants in it. We are not seperate from nature, we are part of nature and the time is now for us to arise!

Here Comes The Sun Beatles

For GOD and Each Other Rise Up!

Rise Up Andra Day

To live NOW in this moment, not in the past and not in the future but NOW! We Will Rise Up! How do we cultivate this awareness? Here are three practices drawn from multiple traditions:

First: Silence and Attention. The Desert Fathers and Mothers taught that God speaks in stillness. In spring, silence is not empty—it's full of birdsong, rustling leaves, the hum of insects. Sit outside for ten minutes. Listen without naming. Let the world speak to you.

Second: Gratitude Rituals. Many traditions begin meals with thanks. Extend this to the season itself. Before stepping outside, pause and acknowledge: Thank you for this light, this air, this possibility. The Jewish tradition of reciting blessings over natural wonders offers a model: "Blessed are You... who makes the world beautiful."

Third: Acts of Care. Spring is a time of planting. Whether literal seeds or metaphorical ones—relationships, projects, forgiveness—spring invites investment in the future. In Sikhism, service (seva) is central. Planting a tree, cleaning a park, feeding someone—these are ways to embody divine presence through action.
This is the Day The The



TODAY, RIGHT NOW...This is the Day the LORD has granted us! Trust GOD

This is the Day Maranatha


There's a Sufi saying: "God is closer to you than your jugular vein." Spring reminds us that the divine is not distant—it's in the soil beneath our feet, the light on our faces, the breath in our lungs. We live in a world that often feels fractured. Yet every spring, against all odds, life returns. Not because we force it, but because there's something in the fabric of existence that leans toward renewal. Perhaps that's what we mean when we speak of God. As we leave today, I invite you to carry one question: Where did I sense something greater than myself this spring? It might be in a child's laughter, a stranger's kindness, or a single flower pushing through pavement. May you find the sacred in the ordinary. May you be renewed. And may you become, for others, a sign of spring. Amen. Shalom. Shanti. Peace.
Ode to Joy Rosemary Siemens


One Day Matisyahu



Raise YOUR voice and declare One Day is Today!

One Day Matisyahu



IF we would stop fighting each other and come together One Day would THIS DAY! Imagine what we could do if we put our efforts into caring for each other instead hating and fighting each other! If we would lie aside our differences and come together as the Children of GOD!

One Love Bob Marley and the Wailers



We invite you to share your prayers with us and with God now. Hold those you would pray for in your heart and release them to GOD for healing and blessing as we sing, The Lord Bless you.

Let us join our hearts and minds. May One GOD hear our prayers and respond favorably to us and awaken us all to Light of Truth.

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Mondays at 8 PM: We are reading my book Above We Stand, part two of the We Stand Trilogy availabe on Amazon. This reading is only available live on Zoom.

Wednesdays at 8 PM: The Apocrapha continues.

Thursdays 8 PM: Deep Dive into the Bible. We continue this week with Genesis 1:1.

Sundays 2:30 PM Our AllFaith Community Worship Service. If you'd like to chat, I'm usually on by 1:45.

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