“Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!” Jesus has come out of the grave but we cannot come out of our homes. We are told to stay home by local government officials. Eleven of Jesus’s disciples were hiding behind closed doors and this Easter, we are with them. We are not out in strong numbers, […]
“From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 46And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” | Matthew 27.45-46, NRSV “Has anyone seen God?” Jill M. Hudson writes in Congregational Trauma: caring, coping and […]
Psalm 23 is a favorite of believer and non- believer alike. It is the most familiar, most often quoted selection of the Old Testament hymnbook. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” It is perhaps not easier said or believed as we enter another week of hunkering down and hoarding of the essentials. […]
Welcome| “Has anyone seen God?” Jill. M. Hudson writes in Congregational Trauma: caring, coping and learning, Trauma can strike anywhere any time and the church is generally ill- prepared to respond.” Many of us were taught that God is omnipresent, that the Divine was always around here somewhere, that God would come from up there […]
“For such a time as this…” This scripture from the fourth chapter of the book of Esther has been used to encourage and imply that one is equipped for the moment, that she and he was made for this hour. But, is the Church in North America really ready for COVID-19? With the cancellation of […]