Our monthly spiritual theme for May’18 is memories.

Our Monthly Spiritual Themes guide our Chalice Circles. Chalice Circles are small, intentional groups that gather for spiritual enrichment through personal sharing. For more information on Chalice Circles, please contact our Circle coordinator Linda Benson.

Memories – Reflections

 

“There is the truth of history, and there is the truth of what a person remembers.” ― Rebecca Wells

When have these truths been the same for you? When have they been different?

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.” ― Haruki Murakami

What is a memory that warms you up and tears you apart?

“He was still too young to know that the heart’s memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past.” ― Gabriel García Márquez

What good, in your heart’s memory, has been magnified?

“Memory is the sense of loss, and loss pulls us after it.” ― Marilynne Robinson

How does memory lead to a kind of loss? How does it lead to a kind of gain?