By Rev. Mark Breese: Of course, God pursued him. God nagged. God did not give up on Jonah. God had a purpose for him in life, and made sure that Jonah would be able to fulfill that purpose—even if it meant getting eaten by a fish as part of the path to that purpose.
Continue reading →By Rev. Kathleen Ordiway: Earth Day is just two days away (April 22) so it might be a good idea to spare it a thought and a prayer. “O healing river, pour down Your waters, and heal Your people.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Helen Harper: “With the gifts of his presence and his peace, everything changes because this is no ordinary proclamation of peace. The peace Jesus brings with him and confers on us transforms everyone and everything.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: ” I want to share it because I believe it holds a universal truth that is asserting itself exactly because of these stressful times. ‘We don not exist for ourselves alone…”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “It is a truism that … stuff … happens. Try as we might to make plans and remove the seeming randomness of the universe from the equation, sometimes things just do not work out as we were planning or expecting. But take heart!”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “In the week after Easter there were celebrations that were joyful. Not surprising, of course. But there is also a Cosmic Joke involved.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Helen Harper: The women left the empty tomb with mixed feelings of fear and joy. And they brought the good news of Jesus’ resurrection–a message of hope–to the other disciples.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “The watermelons tempt us. They win us over—even though we know that they ought not to. Even after we have been forgiven, even after we have repented and done our penance, the Siren Song of the Watermelon from the Work House Field calls us– and we listen!”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “After the first Easter, the Day of Resurrection, Christians have never been without Jesus. He is eternally living and present with us. But there was the first Saturday where Jesus was most definitely not with us.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Helen Harper: Reflection.
“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”
