by admin | Feb 26, 2021 | COVID-19, prayer
This week our nation reach the lamentable mark of over 500,000 people who have died due to COVID-19. These sons and daughters, mothers and father, aunt and uncles, grandparents, cousins, beloved friends, and respected colleagues led uniquely valuable lives and will be...
by admin | Feb 19, 2021 | prayer
As we begin the season of Lent together, I share with you the words of Jan Richardson from her poem, “Blessing the Dust” from her book, Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessing for the Season. As we make our way from Ash Wednesday through these forty days that await us we...
by admin | Feb 12, 2021 | prayer
Next Wednesday, we will observe Ash Wednesday through an online service on Zoom. Ashes are an ancient sign of repentance. Since the Middle Ages, it became the custom to begin Lent by being marked in ash with the sign of the cross. Each year we come together to receive...
by admin | Feb 5, 2021 | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Many have noted that time during the pandemic seems to both pass quickly and creep by. Our daily routines altered, we adopted new patterns, and we easily lose track of the days. Someone in our Wednesday picnic noted a meme saying, “Is Tuesday a month?” Thinking about...
by admin | Jan 29, 2021 | anti-racism
“The racial justice reckoning happening across the United States gives us an opportunity to revisit our commitment to be a pro-reconciling/anti-racist church; that is, to be the church we say we are.” –Reverend Terri Hord Owens, General Minister and President...
