We were blessed in January to have as our guests Colby African Music Jan Plan Students Led by Jordan Benissan. Each year on the Sunday closest to Martin Luther King Jr Day, Jordan brings his new students to our church and they share with us traditional African songs. They sing and they drum and we join in with them.

The theme of our service that day was “No More Excuses” – it was a service about Time and our place in it. Members in our congregation spoke and sang about the passage of time and how essential it is for us to mindfully distribute it towards that which brings us joy and a sense of purpose.

To open the service, I read my poem, entitled, “Borrowed Time.” Today that poem was posted on the 365 Days of Poetry Podcast.