Seasons...

Sometimes others say it better. Linda and Dwight Vogel have created a poem about the church seasons that I find chock-full of insight. It's from The Wisdom of the Seasons.

When we long for things to be different,

when we watch and wait,

we are an Advent people.

When we recognize the presence of the holy in the ordinary,

we celebrate Christmas.

When a sense of the sacramental is broken open to us,

And we respond by offering our material wealth, our worship, our lives and our deaths,

we live an Epiphany life.

When we wrestle with life and death decisions, seeking to live out our baptism,

we are in Lent. 

When saving victory and suffering are closely interwoven,

we live in resonance with Passion/Palm Sunday.

When death and resurrection become one word, and we are able

to dance on the gravestones without ignoring them,

we live as Easter people. 

When the dynamics of out mountaintop experiences are uncovered,

we experience the meaning of The Great Fifty Days.

When we are aware that the Holy Spirit empowers us and sends us forth

for service, ministry and mission, aware of both the diversity and unity of God's people,

we become Pentecost people. 

And when life seems mundane and we put one foot in front of the other

in order to do what needs doing,

we are in Ordinary Time. 

Life and death considerations...literal and figurative...as we are seeking to live out our baptism...

food for thought...