790 Washington Street, P. O. Box 284, Stoughton, Massachusetts 02072
(781) 344-6800
Children's Chapel: 10:30 AM
Church School: 10:45 AM
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Parish Universalist Church 790 Washington Street, P. O. Box 284, Stoughton, Massachusetts 02072 (781) 344-6800 |
Worship:
10:30 AM Children's Chapel: 10:30 AM Church School: 10:45 AM |
A Meditation for Martin Luther King Day |
Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, January 16, 2000 |
| None of us is President or
Premier. None of us sits on the councils of state, or on the boards of directors of the
Fortune 500... But some of us are gardeners. And some of us are artists. And some of us are weavers... And we can be gardeners of a peace-filled planet. We can nurture those around us, as we would delicate plants and seedlings. We can be good, peace-loving parents, and grand- parents, and adopted grand-parents. We can instill within our children a respect for people everywhere; a love for this, our Mother Earth; a deep longing for peace and justice... We can be artists of inspired talent. We can paint for all to see our vision of the world that can yet be-- a world at peace. We can tell tales of a world without weapons and armaments and nightmares. We can present a vision-- and we can explore together ways to make that vision become true... And we can be weavers. Weavers of a tapestry of peace: a tapestry so large and so complete that it can warm even the coldest and most barren spots of Earth... May our tapestry extend endlessly... from the rocky coast... to green inland hills... to the urban metropolis... to towns and cities far distant from us.. And may it cross the seas... to lands from which our forebears came... to poor lands suffering from hunger and deprivation... to rich lands luxuriating in bounty... They are part of our tapestry, every one... May the colors of the tapestry we weave be so bright and so vivid and so full of life that in time all human eyes may see them and rejoice... May they not be hidden from any eyes... May they be viewed even in the bombed-out villages of Chechnaya... even in the streets of Seattle... even in the board rooms of the Fortune 500... We are the weavers of the tapestry of peace. The things we do-- the ways in which we act-- the choices we make-- determine how far our tapestry will extend-- how vivid its colors will be. We determine whether our planet will survive or not. We are weavers of the tapestry of peace. We are also strands in the greater web of life. jbs 11/9/87 5/28/95 1/16/00 |