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Dear Friends,
Looking out across the land here it is bitterly cold and amazingly beautiful with iced trees sparkling in the sunshine. Isn’t that the story we live, a both/and. Inside, there is a dusty hue throughout the building as the work on the dining room continues. The labyrinth sits in frozen ground and ready for its renovation. Cloths and towels are spread as lashing rains leak into parts of the building and we anticipate some roof replacement. Mercy by the Sea staff will begin work on examining racism and how we might become a more inclusive community, an invitation to hold with humility and openness. In this ministry we seek to offer a space where groups and individuals can step into the dance of the complexity and intricacy of both/and. In all of life, trouble and beauty often walk hand in hand.
Beauty without terror— everything rendered ‘attractive’ or ‘agreeable’ when there is something more waiting, ancient, forgotten and thrilling, seems to me thin and insufficient and a loss.
Please look below at what is happening at the Center and in our program and retreat offerings for your invitation to walk in both beauty and trouble.
In Mercy,
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