By Rev. Mark Breese: “Really, when you think about it, why would they be silent! And in this particular story, it is totally improbable that people would keep mum. The dude could not hear or speak. Then suddenly he could! If he kept quiet, that would kind of defeat the purpose of being healed in the first place.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: You can also read the Bible in a way that speaks the love and mercy of God, forgiveness for all who seek to know him, and God’s preferential treatment of the poor and destitute ON EVERY SINGLE PAGE, if you’ve a mind and heart to read it that way.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “I have actually only seen the very first moment of the sun rising into view a handful of times. There was period of time in my early 20’s that I decided I was going to make sure I experienced this exact moment of the sun first coming into view.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “What was I doing, like, looking for something to bummed out about? Why in the world would I do that? So I sat for some time thinking about that, till long after it got dark.”
Continue reading →By Reverend Fun: “Sometimes you just need a little laugh.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “Then the line broke. At the time, I never wanted to fish again. It was too tragic of a sport. But in my memory of that day, my father seems to stand there as a pillar of faith.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “Have you ever stood in a strong wind and leaned into it? You plant your feet, face the wind and then lean forward, let your center of gravity move out in front of your feet, and let the wind hold you up from falling forward.”
Continue reading →By Brent Rinehart: “Where is God in divorce, disease and death? Where is He when war rages? These are age-old questions humans have struggled with for centuries. . . Habakkuk wrote his prophecy at time when he and God’s people were asking the same questions.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “Life also continues to happen for everyone. For some, that has been the biggest part of the challenge—how to manage the way life keeps happening …”
Continue reading →We lift up to you our hope and urgent plea—the very hope and plea of those we honor today—that violence and war may pass from the face of the earth and your divine justice and peace shall envelope all creation.
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