Greetings, Inspired Seekers!

“Let's meet in the middle.” How many times have we suggested that? Whether meeting up with friends for a meal or a coffee, gathering around the conference room table seeking a workable solution or attempting to find a unitive response to a sensitive question, this is a phrase that we use frequently. Our intentions are both good and clear – there is a shared space where understanding and peaceful resolution wait for us. These days, it seems as if that space is mostly unoccupied.

April invites us, thankfully, to meet in the middle and to welcome a greater understanding of our faith traditions. At a time when so many are going to their corners, let us be the ones who unite, without reservation, in that center of peace.

Passover and Easter share this month with the Sikh and Hindu day of Vaisakhi and Beltane is not far behind. When we sit in dialogue with people of differing traditions, with purposeful and good intentions, we grow. When we come to the table to learn rather than to convert or argue, not to prove a point or to “win”, we all benefit. New growth finds its roots within us and new shoots spring towards the heavens while the new growth of the natural world reaches upwards in response to the light that nurtures after a long winter.

So, dear friends, this spring, let us meet each other as the gentle rains and breezes prepare the soil. Let us till the sacredness of the space as we fill it. Let us not head to the corners; let us meet in that middle space.

Grace and Kindness,
Reverend Deborah

Question of the Month: Where is your middle space and who will you meet there?

The Reverend Dr. Deborah Darlington facilitates Interfaith dialogue with the purpose of promoting greater understanding and spiritual expansion. She can be reached at GraceMatters@TheSpaceForGrace.com or at 215 260 1611.