New Ark United Church of Christ An "Open and Affirming" and "JustPeace" Congregation
	Pastor's Monthly Reflections
	November 2007    at last a cool morning rain falling gently making a bright green and supple thing out of the baked white-clay slab that was my back yard   new day beginning new season at last season of respite season of wet season of softening stillness   thank you, God   elsewhere the devouring fires elsewhere the battle elsewhere the drowned field and the disappearing ice elsewhere the Loving Heart wanders, seeking out the wounded wanders, seeking out the homeless child the homeless bear elsewhere the Broken Heart wanders among the broken-hearted looking for sheep, for coins, for her lost children   throughout the world the Broken Heart seeks the broken-hearted and finding, stoops to bind, to soothe, to heal   thank you, God   here, a cool morning rain falling gently making a bright green and supple thing out of the baked white-clay slab that was my heart   new day beginning new season at last season of respite season of wet season of softening stillness   thank you, God     --shalom,  david
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