Dear Friends,

This week I felt the pendulum swing on summer. For the first time since mid-Spring, I felt the sunset coming earlier. We are certainly not in autumn yet, but this week is the first week that I truly knew it is around the corner. These next few weeks are a liminal season – an in-between shoulder season that is bridging the end of the summer season with the new rhythms of Fall.

There is a deep spiritual resonance about liminal seasons. In fact, the great spiritual thinkers across time have honored these times as holy. It is a forced time for us to see the things that we are leaving behind and to notice the new things on the horizon. It sounds poetic and meaningful on the surface, but it also summons all the doubt and chaos lurking below the surface.

As we round the corner on a new school and program year, I hope you take the time to notice where you have been this summer, not just geographically, but spiritually. Where has your summer brought you consolation? Where has it challenged you? Where has grace met you in the moment? Where have you felt that God’s love is beyond time or season?

One of the blessings of the Talmadge Hill summer has been the voice of some talented guest preachers. This week we welcome Rev. Brigitta Remole. She is the former pastor of Wilton Congregational Church where she served for 11 years as its first senior woman pastor. In addition to WCC, she has served several churches in the Pacific Northwest in both Seattle and Portland. She has a degree in social work from NYU, a Divinity degree from Yale and a strong passion for ceramics. And, most importantly, she is the dear sister of Eric Remole. We look forward to having her preach on Sunday!

Love,
Cheryl