A video post-corner time Thursday, March 12, is below.
I’ll be continuing to post from on this blog where I will be with my kids at home for the next weeks. We are committed to finding joy with balloons each day as we make it through this time. Be safe and be well, friends! Prayers remain with you, this community, and the world at large as we adapt with the changing landscape. You are not alone.
Learn about what it’s like waving for joy in Columbia, MD. Check out blog posts from each week, including this post from my first day on the Little Patuxent corner in December 2019.
The first part of the journey was three months on the corner waving with a balloon.
The next stage has meant diving into a pandemic, seeking joy wherever it would surface.
The journey continues with a new year. How can we emerge into the next seasons, healing together and returning to common spaces with expanded hearts?
See My Foolish Year for more on the Balloon Pastor origin story.
What a time we are living in, friends. Certainly as thoughts go out to those who are most acutely affected by the virus, how do we keep our hearts open in the midst of uncertainty? Check out the Joy Photo Page for evidence of joy that has has a way of sustaining us in the midst of social distance.
Rev. Claire Matheny