For the December Sermon of the Month, we’re featuring a Winter Service by our colleagues in the Pacific Western Region. The service includes a mediation, a reading, and a reflection in three parts on Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem "Gate A-4.”

Lessons from Gate A-4
Pacific Western Region Staff Team

In her poem "Gate A-4,” Arab-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye shares an account of distress, compassion and community as she is called to interpret Arabic for a fearful traveler at an airport. As many of us take to the highways, airways and railways this November and December, the PWR Staff has put together a worship service that touches on the themes of the poem, and questions such as Who are we called to care for? When do we answer the call to serve? Where might we be surprised by grace?

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