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We are the Church<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up I remember hearing people say that the church is a building, but the people are the church. I fully agree that people are priority, however I am still enchanted by cathedrals, small country churches, church bells, stained glass, candles, and beautiful altars. Attending church may not be a part of your spiritual practice, but I came across a poem about a church that may speak to the way we long to show up in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this poem by e.e. cummings, he personifies a little church and uses each stanza to say what a building is unable to say. Maybe he is also shining a light on what church really is and how we can echo the words of this little church in the way we live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i am a little church<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

i am a little church(no great cathedral)
far from the splendor and squalor of hurrying
\u2013 i do not worry if briefer days grow briefest,
i am not sorry when sun and rain make april

my life is the life of the reaper and the sower;
my prayers are prayers of earth\u2019s own clumsily striving
(finding and losing and laughing and crying)children
whose any sadness or joy is my grief or my gladness

around me surges a miracle of unceasing
birth and glory and death and resurrection:
over my sleeping self float flaming symbols
of hope, and i wake to a perfect patience of mountains

i am a little church(far from the frantic
world with its rapture and anguish)at peace with nature
\u2013 i do not worry if longer nights grow longest;
i am not sorry when silence becomes singing

winter by spring, i lift my diminutive spire to
merciful Him Whose only now is forever:
standing erect in the deathless truth of His presence
(welcoming humbly His light and proudly His darkness)<\/p>e. e. cummings<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Reflection by Cherie Shaw, CPE Intern<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are the Church Growing up I remember hearing people say that the church is a building, but the people are the church. I fully agree that people are priority, however I am still enchanted by cathedrals, small country churches, church bells, stained glass, candles, and beautiful altars. Attending church may not be a part … Continue reading Reflection from Cherie<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":955,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}