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Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 23rd

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 “Sympathy for Lazarus” by Michael Coffey He didn’t ask to be a magic trick like some dead rabbitpulled out of a stone hat with a hocus pocus incantation he didn’t want to be resuscitated in full decrepit stinkfor his mother to see him shambling down the cemetery road he was restingContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 23rd”

Palm Sunday 3/28: Brookmeade welcomes Guest Preacher Dorothy Gager

For Palm Sunday on March 28, we will be honored to welcome Rev. Dorothy Gager to lead us in considering the historical and political context of Palm Sunday in Jesus’s ministry and now. She is a UCC ordained minister who has lived and served here in Nashville for many years. Dorothy grew up in Pilgrim CongregationalContinue reading “Palm Sunday 3/28: Brookmeade welcomes Guest Preacher Dorothy Gager”

Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 22nd

Monday, March 22nd, 2021 “Just like Job” by Maya Angelou My Lord, my Lord,Long have I cried out to TheeIn the heat of the sun,The cool of the moon,My screams searched the heavens for Thee.My God,When my blanket was nothing but dew,Rags and bonesWere all I owned,I chanted Your nameJust like Job. Father, Father,My lifeContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 22nd”

Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 21st

Sunday, March 21st, 2021 (5th Sunday in Lent) “Lent” by Christina Rossetti It is good to be last not first,Pending the present distress;It is good to hunger and thirst,So it be for righteousness.It is good to spend and be spent,It is good to watch and to pray:Life and Death make a goodly LentSo it leadsContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 21st”

Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 20th

Saturday, March 20th, 2021 “God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins The world is charged with the grandeur of God.It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oilCrushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;And all is seared withContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 20th”

Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 19th

Friday, March 19th, 2021 “The Glory” by Madeleine L’Engle Without any rhymewithout any reasonmy heart lifts to lightin this bleak season Believer and wanderercaught by salvationstumbler and blundererinto Creation In this cold blightwhere marrow is frozenit is God’s timemy heart has chosen In paradox and storyparable and laughterfind I the gloryhere in hereafter

Sat. March 27th: Outdoor Clean Up & Gardening Day

We are anticipating being together again, but we want to do that as safely as possible. Thus, we are going to begin occasionally having outdoor worship! In order to prepare for that, we will have an outdoor clean up and gardening day on Sat. March 27th at 12 pm for the beautification of our outdoor space at Brookmeade. ThisContinue reading “Sat. March 27th: Outdoor Clean Up & Gardening Day”

Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 18th

Thursday, March 18th, 2021 “Prayer for Overcoming Indifference” by Chaim Stern, Ed. For the sin of silence,For the sin of indifference,For the secret complicity of the neutral,For the closing of borders,For the washing of hands,For the crime of indifference,For the sin of silence,For the closing of borders.For all that was done,For all that was notContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 18th”

Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 17th

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 “Imperatives” by Kathleen Norris Look at the birdsConsider the liliesDrink ye all of it AskSeekKnockEnter by the narrow gate Do not be anxiousJudge not; do not give dogs what is holyGo: be it done for youDo not be afraidMaiden, ariseYoung man, I say, arise Stretch out your handStand up, be stillRise,Continue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – March 17th”