Rest in Peace Gloria McClanen
We were grieved this week to learn of the death of an old friend, Gloria McClanen. Gloria was a longtime member of the Church of the Saviour (CofS), of Dayspring Church, and of the Wellspring mission group. She came to the CofS in 1962 with her husband Don and their two children, Michael and Laura. […]
Doubt and Trust
As I write this, it is still Lent, and in the locked room of my imagination Jesus is still headed towards the cross, and not yet walking through walls to join the cowering disciples who watched their hopes die along with him on the cross.* Instead of replying “He is risen, indeed” to the victorious […]
A Rising Song
The word came to me as a waking dream, right in the middle of a Lenten fast that had been hard. A sharp reminder that I have the power to sing, even in the darkness. To dance without music. To see daylight through the dark veil of war, be it within or without. The tears remind me […]
Holy Week
I was raised Catholic with a rich tradition of liturgy to engage all my senses on this momentous walk with Jesus from Palm Sunday to Easter.* On Sunday we waved palm branches and sang with joy welcoming the One who came to save us. And barely catching our breath, we entered the Passion narrative with […]