By Rev. Mark Breese: “The Apostle Paul exchanged letters with many churches. Over two thousand years later… let’s just pause there and say it again… over two thousand years later, the same encouragement Paul and the Christians of Rome shared about their faith through this letter, encourages us today! That’s nothing to sneeze at!”
Continue reading →By Rev. Mark Breese: “Sure, raising someone from the dead is pretty impressive. But we kind of expect that. This is Jesus, after all … But the crying, that we don’t expect.”
Continue reading →By Nancy Carmichael: “These are precious days, my Misfit friends. Days like none other. Not in my life time, and I’m guessing not in yours either. Cause it’s not just about having extra time. It’s having opportunity. To be kind. The way we always intend to be…”
Continue reading →“…I believe we find the trust we need in remembering that God has not forgotten us. “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.” Trusting in Him means remembering to pray, not just for ourselves but everyone worldwide and do our best to help someone that cannot help themselves…”
Continue reading →By Rev. Patricia Ludwig, Newfane, NY: “I take a deep breath and realize that God’s will for us is JOY! Jesus wants us to be happy, filled with the Joy of Jesus, you might say. It’s the same kind of joy that Jesus had even though he was facing a situation of horrible proportions…”
Continue reading →By Pastor Matt Kofahl of St. James United Methodist Church, Niagara Falls: “Now, more than ever, it’s important to be people of prayer. Prayer encourages us to be spiritually and emotionally honest with God and with each other. Now is not the time for platitudes.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Kathleen Ordiway, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Niagara Falls: “That’s the message God has for each of us. Do you know that there’s nothing you can do to make God love you and there’s nothing you can do to make God stop loving you? God is our Father and we are His children. He has a love for you that is eternal and unchangeable.”
Continue reading →By Ken Q. Paris: “Montana was a mutt. He was a mixture of dark and light brown fur with pointy ears. He wasn’t a tiny pup and we found he was about 1 year old . . . Montana looked, smelled, and had the reputation of being a down-on-his-luck, broken dog. Kinda like me, I thought.”
Continue reading →In my first year of Seminary, my New Testament professor said this: “Scripture is always a word on target.” Her words were like a sudden burst of enlightenment in that moment, and have unnervingly continued to be so to this day. Observe:
Continue reading →For people of faith, there is an elephant in the room that, if you have not been asked about it yet, you will be. Or if not asked, you will certainly hear it expressed. It is:
“Where is God in all this Pandemic Stuff?”
There are a bunch of ways to answer that, and I promise I will be addressing some of them along the way. However for today I simply want to start with a poem that Father Stew Lindsay at Holy Family Parish in Niagara Falls sent it to me, and I am so grateful he did.
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