First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
Dreams...
From A Woman's Life
What Mary knew was just
enough for the usual day;
pull water, flint fire, bake
bread, smile, pray
the dark orations, sleep, wake
wait. When pain honed a nerve,
when birth or dying clotted
an hour, she leaned to the curve
of living, resilient to fear,
laughter, suffering.
Partings are a little death.
Each one's journey is a thing
wholly without precedent.
She looked at the sky
for compass. None. She, too,
created a road to travel by.
--Maura Eichner
One of the reasons that so many of us have joined First Congregational in the past few years is that it has become a community of dreaming!
We've learned that miraculous things can happen when we come together, when we listen to each
other, and when we let the Spirit speak to us.
Ten years ago, we could never have guessed where we would be today. It's been -- and continues to be -- an exciting journey.