Happy Sunday, Middle Church!
I hope you’ve been able to stay safe and relatively cool in the heatwaves that have been hitting our country. The effects of global warming are harder to ignore. I pray that we can effectively organize to shift government officials in their work to reverse the effects of climate change. May it be so.
I also pray that you can find rest in this summer season, that you can take breaks, that you can be restored and revived. This week, I’ll be on vacation to catch some of this restoration of my own. Next Sunday, Macky Alston (Executive Minister for Operations and Chief of Staff) will send you next Sunday’s email. I look forward to you getting to know him a little better!
What does it mean for you to seek refuge in this season? What are the political, spiritual, and emotional implications? Is it a break or vacation? Is it a restructuring and reorganizing of your strategy? Is it an analysis of relationships in your life to gauge whether they are still life-giving?
I pray that this summer you may do the work that needs to be done so that you come out all the better for it on the other side.
May it be so.
Rev. Natalie Renee Perkins