Rev. Helen Harper:
“‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.’ If Jesus could forgive the people who were killing him, how much easier must it be for him to forgive our sins great or small.”
By Rev. Helen Harper: Reflection.
“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”
Trinity Lutheran Church, Tonawanda, NY — Journey through Good Friday They are offering a special program that can be found at this link: Journey through Good Friday Online Grace Lutheran Church, Niagara Falls They are offering an online service that … Continue reading →
By Rev. Mark Breese: “Now, here we are today, in this moment, in the midst of worldwide struggle, and it is the last two days of Holy Week—and I, for one, and I am leaning into this moment. I think we all need to. Lean In!”
Continue reading →“Hope & The New Light ” – The walk through Holy Week is also a walk through another week of a global pandemic. But there are some hopeful signs, New Light breaking through both the Eeyore gloom of current events and the perennial struggle of contradictions that is Holy Week.
By Rev. Mark Breese: “The question is some variation of this: Is this COVID-19 pandemic one of the plagues that are supposed to be a sign of the end times? No! I hope that is clear.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Stewart Lindsay: “Easter is about resurrection, not just Christ’s but the possibility of our own resurrection—from sin and despair, from all those things that keep us from God and one another.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Helen Harper: “We find this day, Palm Sunday, is bittersweet because unlike the participants who came out to see Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem on that first Palm Sunday, we know how the story ends.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “I get it! There is A LOT going on and NONE of it is normal. And, it’s going to be like this for many days to come. And I guess that’s the thing—each new day is going to keep coming, and worrying about what tomorrow might bring won’t change that one little bit.”
Continue reading →A Recommendation by Father Stew Lindsay : “Either God will keep you from evil or God will give you invincible courage to endure it. Remain in peace; rid your imagination of whatever troubles you.” (St. Francis de Sales)
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