November Spiritual Theme – Repair

By Rev. Bill

 

Our Monthly Spiritual Themes guide our Chalice Circles, which are small, intentional groups of members and friends
that gather for spiritual enrichment through personal sharing. For more information on Chalice Circles, please email
Linda Benson at chalicecircles@uuprinceton.org. Our Chalice Circle theme for November is: Repair.

“The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.” ― Mother Teresa
Have you experienced the repair of relationships within your family?

“But time heals. Or at least it forms scabs.” ― Neil Gaiman
Think of a “scab” in your life. Does it represent the end of a particular healing process for you?

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken [adults].” – Frederick Douglass
What is strength you gained in childhood?

“Finally on my way to yes
I bump into
all the places
where I said no
to my life
all the untended wounds
the red and purple scars
those hieroglyphs of pain
carved into my skin, my bones,
those coded messages
that send me down
the wrong street
again and again
where I find them
the old wounds
the old misdirections
and I lift them
one by one
close to my heart
and I say holy
holy.” The Healing Time, by Pesha Gertler
Has a wound, repaired or not, been “holy” to you?