Rev. Mark Breese:
“’Woman, here is your son!” “Here, your mother!”
I had a car accident once. Totally my fault. I was distracted and frustrated about some kind of nonsense or other that I can’t even remember now. The long and the sort of it was I ran right into the back of someone’s car. SO my fault.
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. 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 →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)
Continue reading →By Rev. Patricia Ludwig: “A quote that says, in part, “God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance,” has forced me to think about that quite a bit lately.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Helen Harper: “…the place to find God is in the middle of a mess, in the very worst parts of it. There is where God is working to bring forth something new…”
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