Weekly Inspiration (2/9/23)

The crucial work of social peace must join an on-the-ground commitment to interior peace, the kind that changes lives from the inside out. Countless civil disobedience movements have demonstrated the power of non-violent action, steeped in spiritual intention and grounded in a peace that no oppressor can give or take away. 

-Br. Keith Nelson 
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

God, I am weary. 
I am worn by my daily tasks,  
burdened by all that is demanded of me, 
tired of the world's turbulence.   
Even my faith, sometimes, is too tired 
to get up and go. 
There is so much to do.  
Restore my energy. 
Be my heartbeat, my breath, 
the spark of my nerves. 
Like a leaf carried on the river of your love, 
bear me through this world 
by your grace, not my effort. 
May your love and hope and courage  
rise in me like the sun, 
and shine me through this day, 
in the love and presence of your Spirit. 
Amen.  

-Steve Garnass-Holmes