Dear Friends in Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, Friday, March 20, 2026, is the Spring Equinox; 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. The words, equilibrium, equanimity, equal<\/em><\/strong> come to mind. When we use these words in conversations about our churches, our communities and ourselves, we are either experiencing or hoping to experience a sense of balance and a sense of peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anxiety and exhaustion, the bugbears of our modern lives, are always lurking: always ready to disturb whatever equilibrium we have established or were hoping to establish. Anxiety and exhaustion get in the way of the confidence and hope we need to face each new day. Anxiety and exhaustion are the enemies of peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jesus knows that anxiety leads to unproductive exhaustion. When we are anxious and exhausted, we are not our best selves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To counteract all that anxiety and exhaustion, Jesus gives us the image of a field of wildflowers waving joyously in the wind (Matthew 6:28). <\/p>\n\n\n\n May we be blessed every day with the knowledge of God\u2019s promise of a gentle and joyful equilibrium, grateful for God\u2019s presence in our world and ready to live out the peaceful promise of each new day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faithfully yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rebecca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Friends in Christ, Today, Friday, March 20, 2026, is the Spring Equinox; 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. The words, equilibrium, equanimity, equal come to mind. When we use these words in conversations about our churches, our communities and ourselves, we are either experiencing or hoping to experience a sense of balance and a sense […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stannestocktonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stannestocktonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stannestocktonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stannestocktonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stannestocktonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stannestocktonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2947,"href":"https:\/\/stannestocktonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946\/revisions\/2947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stannestocktonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stannestocktonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stannestocktonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}