February 10, 2019

A Year of Surrender

The word “surrender” can bring up images of defeat or downfall, but is there also something life-affirming in surrender?  Today's guest preacher faced a frightening health crisis in 2017 in which surrender played a major role in her survival. Join us today for reflections on the intersection of mortality, grace, and surrender.

Rev. Bonnie Dlott is a native of the Bay Area who served the Napa congregation for eleven years, retiring in 2017. Before being called to the ministry, she earned a doctorate in Biological Chemistry. She identifies as a nature mystic, finding the sacred in the natural world and in acts of kindness.