Interim Pastor Louise Bastille

Meditation Moment

--from Becoming Bread, Meditations on Loving and Transformation by Gunilla Norris

We are united through sharing…our lives made meaningful…made new. “Take. Eat. This is my body,” said Jesus when He broke the bread at the Last Supper. Then He gave His life for us. Behind all communion is the knowledge that we must give our lives to each other, for each other.

And when we do, we can celebrate, we can morn, we can trust, we can forgive, we can treasure, we can face our deaths. By sharing we are transformed and come to understand with Meister Eckhart that “all bread is ours and is given to me, to others through me, and to me through others. For not only bread but all things necessary for sustenance in this life are given on loan to us with others and to others through us.”

In sharing, the meaning of our lives is given back to God.


About our Interim Pastor, Rev. Louise K. Bastille


Louise comes to us having served churches in San Mateo, California, Foster City, California, Delmont, Pennsylvania and Altoona, Pennsylvania. Her most recent church was the Congregational Church of San Mateo, UCC, where she was on staff for 18 years (largely focused in Membership and Pastoral Care.) The move to New Hampshire came when her husband Ed retired from his position as the Chief of Chaplain Service at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center. They came east with their Scotty dog Jeremiah, to get closer to family living in New England and Pennsylvania. Louise holds her Master of Divinity from the Lancaster Theological Seminary of the United Church of Christ, Lancaster, PA. Her continuing education has been in the area of spirituality and Spiritual Direction at Mercy Center, Burlingame, CA in individual Spiritual Direction and Group Spiritual Direction. Louise is a member of Spiritual Directors International. She currently is working on her D. Min. through the San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Lloyd Center for Pastoral Counseling, San Anselmo, CA. Louise and Ed reside in Gilford, New Hampshire, where they enjoy a view of Lake Winnipesaukee and the White Mountains.


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