As we turn the page on 2019 and prepare for another lap around the sun in 2020, I wonder how we might get closer to our aspirational goals over the coming year. How might we more fully realize the vision we have claimed?
Category: The Spire
The Spire is the monthly newsletter of the Edwards Church of Northampton church community.
The SPIRE – December 2019
Advent has been one of my favorite times of the year for as long as I can recall.
How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven.
These lyrics from “O Little Town of Bethlehem” remind me why the Christian liturgical year starts on the first Sunday of Advent, weeks before Christmas.
The SPIRE – November 2019
Fall is a gift. Of course, all of life and nature are too, but fall in New England is truly a gift. Residents of the valley know this, surrounded as we are by daily reminders in the color of the leaves, the taste of cider and pumpkin bread, and the rare afternoons when the air is just a little crisp, but not yet so cold we think twice before going out.