March 18, 2026
Learn about Mormonism today at the final Lenten Lunch
11-12
Dublin Church Hall
BYO lunch if you wish
Dear Friend,
I captured the following footage of ice slabs floating down the river a few days ago. The first one that comes into view was about 30 feet long and 7 feet wide.
I can only imagine how much the ice slabs weighed. I am guessing that the large one probably weighed 300 pounds or more and yet it was floating on the surface of the water as if it were weightless. I have been thinking, since then, about how (at times) I can carry the weight of my experience of the world as if it were not so heavy. What is different in those times, as opposed to the times when I feel as if I can barely hold it together? The difference is this: when I can barely hold it together, I am relying on my own ability, my own understanding. It is when I am centered (through rest, hydration, good nutrition, and spiritual practices of reading, meditation and prayer) the weight of the world is still there, but it is not so heavy to hold. I have help in holding; we have help in holding, Friend, but we must make room for the help to arise within us. It is SO easy to crowd out the source of our help with worry, negativity, and the helplessness that comes from simply wishing things were different. The source of our help is the love that is God, the purest of Loves, and like Jesus said, God is in us and we are in God. Our charge is to make space for the God within us to work and shape us in how we respond to the world. Let’s make space, Friend. In doing so we will find that we can carry more than we thought we ever could.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” -Matthew 11:28–30
Celebrate the Baha’i New Year, Naw Ruz with Friends Phil and Ruthie Gammons and the Baha’i community of the Monadnock region on Saturday March 21st at 2 at the Inn on Main Street in Dublin.
Overflow parking at the Dublin Business Park to the east (Peterborough side) of the Inn.
CHURCH SUPPER THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH
5:30
SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS WILL BE SERVED!
SEE YOU THERE!
I invite you to join me in a spirit of prayer.
Please join me in a spirit of prayer if you wish.
God of all the seasons, I am grateful for all of the changes that keep me alert and in tune to the dynamic world in which we live. Be my anchor that keeps me stable through it all. Be my buoyancy as I hold the weight of the world. Be my light in the darkness, I pray, in Christ’s name. Amen.
“With you I shall always be; you have hold of my right hand.” -Psalms 73:23
In Christ,
Traceymay
603-715-0990
Traceymaykalvaitis@gmail.com
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