Friends,

As we step into this new season, I’ve been reflecting on how much the rhythms of life mirror the turning of the year. When autumn begins, we instinctively adjust: we pull out sweaters before the first cold snap, we choose our parking spots carefully in case of rain, and we anticipate the small shifts that make life a little more comfortable.

In the same way, seasons in our personal lives and in our community call us to reflect, anticipate, and adjust. Just as the Earth’s tilt brings changes in temperature, daylight, and growth, our own rhythms—our habits, our spiritual practices, our patterns of thought—need re-evaluating when the seasons shift. The cycle of blooming, falling, resting, and renewing is not just nature’s story, it’s ours too.

This is a good time to ask: what patterns from the last season no longer serve us? What adjustments can we make now so that we enter the next season with greater health, strength, and purpose?

Bread of Life is committed to walking through these shifts with you. As we adjust together, may we embrace the new opportunities this season brings—with gratitude, with courage, and with hope.

With you in the change,
Dominique C. Beaumonte
Executive Director, Bread of Life