Margins

Susan Snodgrass spoke about margins in the wake of a wonderful snow day. She reminded all of us that we need free space in our lives, like the edges of a piece of paper where we do not write. Time and space for new things to have room enough to grow. Rest for our bodies and roaming time for our thoughts.

19th Century?

I'm not ready to give up my ordination, my right to vote, my air conditioning, but I do wish that it was easier for me to slow down.  And not just to slow down, but to stop.  I love texting and facebook and my car and all kinds of 20th and 21st century advances, but I'm thinking of stepping back for a little while this holiday weekend.
Much like our 20-minute-chapel-respite provides, I am looking for a time when I am not producing or consuming or communicating: a time not to do anything, but instead to be.  The 19th century was far from an ideal time, and I wouldn't want to live there ... but I might like to visit.