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It is Easter time, and I realize I enjoy Easter days. A sense of “I AM” everywhere, in the middle of the anxieties, the busyness of life, the fast-paced passing…
It is Easter time, and I realize I enjoy Easter days. A sense of “I AM” everywhere, in the middle of the anxieties, the busyness of life, the fast-paced passing…
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker recounts a moment in her life when she was 8 years old and one of her brothers shot her in the eye with a BB…
Isaiah 50: 4-7 (RM) or 4-9a (RCL); Psalm 22 (RM) or 31 (RCL); Philippians 2: 6-11 (RM) or 5-11 (RCL); Mark 14:1 – 15:47. It can feel like too much…
In the Christian world, Lent comes, as it always does, in late winter/early spring, when the world is grey, and seasons shifting.The beginning of the 40-day Lenten season is always…
Acts 6:1-7 (RM) or Acts 7: 55-60 (RCL); Psalm 33 or 31; 1 Peter 2: 4-9 (RM) or 2-10 (RCL); John 14: 1-12 (RM) or 1-14 (RCL). Oh darn, I…
Acts 2: 14, 22-33 (RM) or 2: 14a, 36-41(RCL); Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1: 17-21 (RM) or 17-23 (RCL); Luke 24: 13-35. “Christ is risen, Alleluia!” “Just as the women…
Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 (RM) or 34-43 (RCL); Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20: 1-9 (RM in the U.S.), John 20: 1-18 (RM in Canada), or Matthew 28: 1-10 or…
Last month, on March 2, I attended a workshop entitled “Shifting from Climate Anxiety to Climate Action.”1 The sustainability expert’s presentation was upbeat, encouraging the enthusiastic embrace of climate actions…
Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 (RM) or 34-43, or alt. Isaiah 65: 17-25 (RCL); Psalm 118; Colossians 3: 1-4 (RM) or 1 Corinthians 15: 19-26 or Acts 10: 34-43 (RCL); John…