The Seven Last Words of Christ – 2
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.”
Category Archives: Reflections
The Seven Last Words of Christ – 1
By Rev. Helen Harper: Reflection.
“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”
Lean In!
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!”
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Just To Be Clear
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.”
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Beginning Holy Week
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.”
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Palm Sunday – Why Do We Remember?
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.”
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Sufficient Unto The Day
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.”
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Peace
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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Find Abundance
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.”
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Where God Is
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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