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Dear Friends,

Up here in New England, Spring is the season of new life, and also the season of unexpected snowstorms. We'll wobble through the end of winter and hope that apple blossoms will win out over grey skies.

The life of faith isn't unlike a New England Spring. Some days we can feel the new life of God's Spirit beginning to bloom in our hearts, while on other days we might feel as though we're wandering in a cold rain. But as we persist the days get brighter and the nights are not so long.

God is nurturing each of us; there is a a perfect rose, a budding apple tree planted in your heart and God is working like a patient gardener to bring alive that beauty within you. We gather together on Sundays to tend to that garden God has planted (and here I can hear Paul - our resident punster - pointing out that the sermons are a good source of fertilizer!). While there are many ways to deepen your spiritual life and tend that holy garden, gathering together in a small, welcoming community of love is a vital part of any spiritual life.

Rain as well as sun nurture a garden - Our Sunday liturgy has a bit of both and during Lent you'll notice that the service is more solemn and has more silence than usual. I hope you find that silence to be welcoming and nurturing.

And don't forget to bring your canned food for the food pantry!
 

Blessings,

Devin+

The Rev. Devin S. McLachlan, Rector

February 2008

rector@parishofthemessiah.org