RHYTHMS | SEASONS
Seasons
Two calendars shape the rhythm of our lives: the church year and the natural year. Together, they invite us into a faith rooted in place one that helps us notice God, love our neighbors, and live more deeply rooted in our neighborhoods.
“Live in each season as it passes.”
THE NATURAL YEAR
Through months, seasons, weather, light, and landscape, it reminds us that our lives are not separate from the world around us. Spring invites us to notice renewal. Summer draws us into abundance and presence. Autumn teaches us to gather, release, and give thanks. Winter calls us into stillness, rest, and hidden preparation.
The rhythms of the natural year help us pay attention to the trees on our street, the changing light in our homes, the gardens, sidewalks, parks, and neighborhoods that hold our everyday lives.
Living With the Year
“Like a great waterwheel, the liturgical year goes on relentlessly irrigating our souls.”
The Christian calendar helps us live inside the story of Jesus throughout the year.
THE LITURGICAL YEAR
Rather than moving through time as a series of disconnected days, the church year gives us a rhythm of remembering, waiting, celebrating, grieving, repenting, and practicing hope. Each season invites us to pay attention to a different part of the Christian story — from the longing of Advent, to the joy of Christmas, to the preparation of Lent, to the resurrection life of Easter, to the everyday faithfulness of Ordinary Time.
These seasons give shape to our days. They invite us to bring the Christian story into our homes, streets, neighborhoods, and everyday lives.
