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Rev. Meg Barnhouse
February 28, 2021
First UU Church of Austin
4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756
www.austinuu.org
We have all been through something very difficult. Whether we lost power and water or just had to watch our family and friends lose those things and not be able to help because we couldn’t get out, it has been a very traumatizing time. What does that do to a person’s brain? What does that do to a person’s energy? What is trauma brain? Do you have that?
Chalice Lighting
This is the flame we hold in our hearts as we strive for justice for everyone. This is the light we shine upon systems of oppression until they are no more. This is the warmth that we share with one another as our struggle becomes our salvation.
Call to Worship
For those whose relationship with time has become disordered or decentered – Peace.
For those whose hearts or minds are struggling, who feel too much at sea – Peace.
For those who feel buffeted between anger and sadness, anxiety and dispair – Peace.
For all who struggle in secret and all those whose struggles are too much on display – Peace.
You are not alone. You are enough. You are worthy. You do not have to be anything more than yourself, human, alive, to be deeply loved.
Amen
– Audette Fulbright
Affirming Our Mission
Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community.
Learn more about Beloved Community at this link. – The King Center
Meditation Reading
You’re not imagining it, nobody seems to want to talk right now.
Messages are brief and replies late.
Talk of catch ups on zoom are perpetually put on hold.
Group chats are no longer pinging all night long.
It’s not you.
It’s everyone.
We are spent.
We have nothing left to say.
We are tired of saying ‘I miss you’ and ‘I cant wait for this to end’.
So we mostly say nothing, put our heads down and get through each day.
You’re not imagining it.
This is a state of being like no other we have ever known because we are all going through it together but so very far apart.
Hang in there my friend.
When the mood strikes, send out all those messages and don’t feel you have to apologise for being quiet.
This is hard.
No one is judging.– Donna Ashworth
Author of poetry book, “to the women”
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