Seeds & Spirit

Our May worship gathering celebrated the season of spring planting, and the miracle of seeds, along with a celebration of Pentecost. 

Listening to Spring
The first stanza is by Macrina Wiederkehr, the remaining stanzas are by Wendy Janzen. Invite participants to repeat the phrase “I am listening” at the end of each stanza.

I am listening to seeds breaking open,
to roots growing strong beneath the ground,
to green shoots rising up from winter wombs.
    I am listening.

I am listening to seeds carried on the wind,
to light-as-air fluff floating and flying,
to open soil ready to receive new life.
    I am listening.

I am listening to seeds carefully collected and sorted,
to gardeners preparing the land,
to gardens primed for us produce.
    I am listening.

I am listening to seeds of the Spirit,
to invitations for new life to rise up,
to  wild wonder and imagination and hope.
    I am listening.

​I am listening to the language of Spirit,
to voices of birds and squirrels and creek,
to messages of seeds, sun, soil, and rain.
   I am listening. 

I am listening to the Spirit of springtime,
to this season of vibrance and veriditas,
to this season of praise and promise.
    I am listening.