That They May Be One – June 7, 2019
“As I conscientize myself, I realize that [my brothers and sisters] who don’t eat, who don’t laugh, who don’t sing, who don’t love, who live oppressed, crushed, and despised, who are less each day are suffering all this because of some reality that is causing it. And at that point I join in the action […]
Will You Also Leave?
They wanted traditional vows: “…for richer and for poorer, in sickness and in health, ‘till death do us part.” At 62 and 66, they had both suffered loss before. She had been widowed, and he divorced twice. This time, they hoped to sustain their commitment ’til death do us part. And they hoped their children, […]
Stay Centered and Enjoy
by N. Gordon Cosby There are some things we can’t hear until we know we have a problem. We hear what we are ready to hear. I am familiar with a problem which I have to work with in my own life, and I expect some of you have to work with it as well, that has […]
The Invitation to Reconciliation
by Kate Lasso Traditionally, the Advent season begins with a period of penitence and fasting. Liturgically the use of purple during the weeks leading up to Christmas creates a visual connection between Advent and Lent, the two periods of preparation for Jesus’ birth and death. For early Christians, these four weeks were inextricably linked to […]
