Rebirth

I was grateful to have the opportunity to give the sermon at the church on Easter Sunday. I want to share one reading today from my sermon. It is a reading from UU Wayne B. Arnason regarding Spring:
How easy it is to speak your name and offer this prayer at the season of rebirth and renewal!
The sprit of life is everywhere, evident in every bud and shoot. We pray that our lives may be blessed with that same renewal we see all around us in nature's celebration.
We ask that our eyes be opened to gifts and companions that are part of our journey whom we may be taking for granted.
It is easy to walk the way of life with our eyes on the road ahead, and to forget to look over into the eyes of those who share the way with us. Whether they are friends, family or partners, it is good to remember that a holy spirit can be found in familiar and unexpected people and places.
The last place we expect to find that spirit is the tomb within ourselves where hopes and possibilites have lain buried, killed by time and circumstance and potential unfulfilled. Maybe that tomb is empty today. Maybe those possibilities walk beside you. Maybe something unexpected and unheard of awiats you this season.
Be with us, Spirit of Life, and help us to be open and awake to the springtime miracle that is in each one of us.
Wayne B. Arnason

Other thoughts from my sermon to follow...
May everyone be feeling the excitment of spring inside and coming out... to a rejuvination or rebirth in this life.
Amanda