Here we are on a strange juxtaposition of a day: the federal holiday to celebrate Martin Luther King and the inauguration of Trump to be president for 4 more years. Before I wrote yesterday's sermon, I thought about that juxtaposition, about those men and men like John the Baptist and Jesus, about what God promises and what politicians promise. I particularly like the way I maintained a message of hope, especially at the end.
Through the wonders of modern technology, you can watch the sermon here on my YouTube channel.
It is a cold, cold morning, but so far, it's been a cold, cold winter. Most nights, we have left a faucet dripping, with a pot underneath to catch the water, because I am not wasting water. I am so grateful that this winter, we have interior walls that are insulated, so that I don't have to hear the water dripping in the kitchen.
Well, I still hear it, but it's faint. Last night I woke up and couldn't hear it, so I went to check. I do not want to wake up to frozen pipes.
Last year, I remember walking in the chilliness of temps in the lower 40's and thinking, this isn't so bad. This year, I'm telling myself that this may be one of the last cold winters we have. Or, given the realities of life on a warming planet, we just don't know.
This morning I am thinking of life on a warming planet and the poem of mine, "Cassandra Volunteers at Summer Camp," up at "The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders" website. I wrote the poem in the last months of 2023, before Hurricane Helene, but it still holds up. You can read it here.
I submitted the poem not knowing if all work was going to be posted in the online gallery, and I'm still not sure. There will be a print volume later, and I am almost sure that not all of the poems in the gallery will be in the print version. I'd be delighted if mine was chosen, of course, but I suspect that more people will read it in the online gallery than in the print version.
The project is put together by the same people who put together Dear Human on the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States (go to this blog post for more information and to read the poem that was included). That publication made me very happy, so I'm glad to be included again.
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