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From the Pastor
April 2025
Beloved -
It is the custom to treat Lent as the season of less.
But over the last several years, I have come to see this time as a season for more. So here is what I am hoping to do during this holy time:
Spend more time in silence. And this means silence from virtual noise as well.
Spend more time reading than watching television (A novel concept.) There are a couple of my favorite shows that I’ll still catch, but so much of the time that machine is just on – talk about junk food!
Spend more time outside – so that I am not always chained to my desk (or computer); so I don’t drop into my chair the minute I get home. Yes, being with my pups gets me outside, and this often turns into sacred time, but I could also go outside to read. I could go out on the back porch and be mesmerized by the night sky on the last of these chilly nights. I could sit on the front lanai and simply watch and be. I could also take a five minute walk around the church, sit in the lighted prayer garden there, near the house, and quietly enjoy God’s presence with me.
There is so much more I could do during this season of journeying inward so as to journey forward into discipleship, to become a more faithful follower of Jesus. I hope I do.
In Christ’s love,
Pastor Lesli
