Author: Michael Tino

For the wonder and inspiration
We seek from sun and stars
And all the lights of the heavens
We light this chalice. – Cynthia Landrum

Gaze into the night sky tonight with wonder.

As a child, I wondered about a lot of things. As a 4-year-old, I wondered how sound got onto an LP record album. I was convinced that if I wrote words on the record, the needle would graze over my letters, and I would be able to hear the word spoken over and over, as the record went round and round. My parents were not happy with the damaged record. – Beth Murray (CLF)

Make a mess today trying to figure something out!

Cultivating a sense of wonder about the world around us helps us to live with openness, gratitude, and curiosity.

What helps you cultivate wonder in your life?

“As a community we will build again. And
from the pieces we will build something new.
There is work that only you can do. We
wait for you.” -Julián Jamaica Soto, from “Bring your broken hallelujah here”

What do you imagine we’re building together?

Our spiritual ancestors could not imagine a loving God worth worshipping who was not able to forgive even the most egregious evil perpetrated by humanity. Now, I know that many people have a problem imagining this kind of forgiveness being readily available, especially for acts of great evil and people whose lives seem to embody a readiness to commit evil deeds. And yet, that’s precisely the point—that the love of God is greater than we can imagine. Bigger than the human imagination. Almost unfathomable. -Michael Tino (CLF)

What is the biggest thing you can imagine?