Friends, there’s no easy way to say it: January can feel a bit of a letdown.
 

When I look outside, the snow-covered ground begins to blend in well with the white gray sky of an early January day. Colors lack in this landscape, with only splashes of black and brown to accompany the white and gray. In addition, all the holiday lights have been taken down from the outside of homes, and all decorations from the Christmas and other winter holidays have been packed away.
 

January is abiding in a liminal space between the bursting lights and activities of December, and the bold reds of Valentines Day. This segment of the year is a corridor between last year’s memories and this year’s adventures.

In what feels to be a holding a space void of many activities and brightness, there are many glimmers around us.
 

Glimmers are those small moments of light - not necessarily physical light - but something that illuminates our souls. Glimmers open us to God in our midst and the joy that the Divine bring into our lives.
 

When we refocus our souls during this month filled with grays and shadows, we can see the glimmers popping up. Through acts of kindness and words we use to lift one another, glimmers will draw us into a place of hope and joy instead of the blandness of the season.
 

We can find glimmers acts of mission, of giving of our talents and treasures, through the times spent with friends, and through reaching out to someone by any means of messaging - from texting to calls to visits.
 

May we keep our hearts and minds open to the ways God will be calling us to see and share glimmers even in the blandness of days.

Blessings,
Pastor Michelle