The equinox marks the point in the year when the daylight and the night are perfectly in balance. In the Northern Hemisphere we are tipping toward light and spring, but wherever you live, for this moment there is a perfect balance between light and dark, what is hidden and what is shown.
What brings you back to balance?
“The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people’s children.”
—Marian Wright Edelman
How do you support other people’s children?
The world is full of things for sale, and people who want to sell them to you. Sometimes those things you can buy will fulfill your dreams and desires and bring you joy. Sometimes what you are promised or what you imagined looks pretty different from what you get.
What is most helpful to you in evaluating potential purchases—or the people who are selling them?
The story goes that St. Patrick drove the snakes (perhaps a symbol of the pagans) out of Ireland. Somehow it seems like we might be better off with a holiday in honor of someone who specialized in welcoming in, rather than driving off.
Who have you made a point of welcoming in?
A wedding is an explicit covenant, a ceremony in which a couple recites vows about how they will live their life together. It is, importantly, a public ceremony in which the community witnesses and blesses those promises.
How has a community supported you in keeping covenant?
