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Make of yourself a light, said the Buddha, before he died.

"Make of yourself a light," said the Buddha, before he died.  I think of this every morning as the east begins to tear off its many clouds of darkness, to send up the first signal - a white fan streaked with pink and violet, even green. -from Mary Oliver's poem "The Buddha's Last Instruction" 

What does it mean for us to become a light, as individuals and as a congregation?

A Light is a beacon, a source of inspiration, a place that our eyes are drawn to, as Mary Olilver's were, toward the sun rising above the horizon, offering the early morning colors.  We want people to be drawn into the warmth, the welcome of our commuity.  We want to find solace and inspiration there for ourselves within our walls and then to offer this out to whomever might need it.

In these winter months when the days are short, darkness comes so soon and we have to bundle and brace ourselves agains the cold, we need the light and warmth even more.             

with gratitude, Rev. Telos