Rev. Sara LaWall<\/em><\/p>\nWhat if pushing is only half of it?<\/p>\n
What if there is time to waste?<\/p>\n
What if rushing is what got us into this mess?<\/p>\n
What if catching our breath shrinks the clouds\u00a0<\/p>\n
and expands our view?<\/p>\n
What if space for breathing<\/p>\n
is what enables the seed of change to take root?<\/p>\n
What if pausing allows the longing to grow?<\/p>\n
What if it\u2019s not about taking control of life,\u00a0<\/p>\n
but being quiet enough to hear life speak?<\/p>\n
What if slowing down is what allows us\u00a0<\/p>\n
to notice we\u2019re not the only ones who long for change?<\/p>\n
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And what if catching our breath isn\u2019t about resting up,<\/p>\n
but the way we finally and fully feel our pain?<\/p>\n
What if the quiet is what enables us to notice\u00a0<\/p>\n
how uncomfortable this life of comfort has become?<\/p>\n
And what if comfort has been withheld from us?<\/p>\n
Wouldn\u2019t that mean that rest is a revolutionary act,<\/p>\n
allowing us to combat a culture that works to keep us tired, and numb?<\/p>\n
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What if, in the end, it is silence that allows us to hear<\/p>\n
the still small voice inside<\/p>\n
that says,<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can no longer wait!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 Channing offers a group discussion and exploration in a topic or reading included on November’s Soul Matters package.\u00a0 \u00a0More information\u00a0 will be provided here and through other information channels.\u00a0 \u00a0We hope this will provide an experience for folks on this Sunday, when services are offered inperson and we are not able to provide zoom online participation in the service at this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[],"class_list":["post-13342","ctc_event","type-ctc_event","status-publish","hentry","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/13342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13342"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/13342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13347,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/13342\/revisions\/13347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=13342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}