Mid-Week Pause service 1-5-22

Bring your Hopes, Bring your Doubts, Feed your Soul.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who called, texted, emailed, and prayed for Lori and I during this past week. Tomorrow is our last day of isolation, following COVID protocols. We are feeling better, we get tired easily and we still have no sense of smell.

Last night the Judson Church Council met and approved the Judson COVID-19 Taskforce’s recommendation to suspend in-person worship and gatherings for the month of January.
There will be more information in the Friday email.
Peace be with you, Travis

Prayer for the Day (today is the 12th Day of Christmas, to celebrate it here is John Shea’s poem).
“Sharon’s Christmas Prayer”
She was five,
sure of the facts,
and recited them
with slow solemnity
convinced every word was revelation. She said:
“They were so poor
they had only peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
to eat
and they went a long way from home
without getting lost.
The lady rode a donkey,
the man walked,
and the baby was inside the lady.
They had to stay in a stable
with an ox and an ass (hee-hee)
but the Three Rich Men found them
because a star lighted the roof.
Shepherds came and you could
pet the sheep but not feed them.
Then the baby was borned.
And do you know who he was?”
Her quarter eyes inflated to silver dollars,
“The baby was God.”
And she jumped in the air,
whirled round, dove into the sofa,
and buried her head under the cushion
which is the only proper response
to the Good News of the Incarnation.

(John is a Chicago native theologian, storyteller, author, and poet. He has written
over 20 books of theology and spirituality, 3 works of fiction, and 3 books of
poetry. He lectures nationally and internationally on storytelling, contemporary
spirituality, and faith-based health care. I highly recommend his most recent
poetry collection, “Seeing Haloes” and his gem of a book “Starlight.”
www.johnshea.com.)

Find Judson on the internet through our link tree, linktr.ee/JudsonChurch As a reminder, this coming Sunday, January 9nd, will also be online on our YouTube channel.