Sunday Sermon 03/29/2020

Devotional – 03/29/20

Look Up and Listen Closely – Walking Toward the...

From our Music Director: There is so much music...

“Envy & Pride” by Rev. Meade

“Sloth” by Rev. Meade Joyful, Joyful We, Adore YouJoyful,...

A message from our Music Director: Sometimes a song...

“DEALING WITH FEAR” by Rev. Meade

An Irish Blessing May your thoughts be as glad...

Fruit Juice 2020-03-29
A thrift-store bargain, the lamp seemed perfect for my home office—the right color, size, and price. Back at home, however, when I plugged in the cord, nothing happened. No light. No power. No juice. No problem, my husband assured me. “I can fix that. Easy.” As he took the lamp apart, he saw the trouble […]
Patricia Raybon
The Would-Be Woodcutter 2020-03-28
One year, when I was in college, I cut, stacked, sold, and delivered firewood. It was one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever done. So I have a good deal of empathy for the hapless logger in the 2 Kings 6 story. Elisha’s school for prophets had prospered, and their meeting place had become too […]
David H. Roper
Precious Departure 2020-03-27
Sculptor Liz Shepherd’s 2018 exhibition The Wait, was described by a Boston Globe correspondent as “evok[ing] the precious, exposed, and transcendent in life.” Inspired by the time Shepherd spent at her dying father’s bedside, the exhibition attempts to convey yearning, the emptiness of loss, and the fragile sense that loved ones are just out of […]
Remi Oyedele
Seeing Salvation 2020-03-26
At fifty-three, the last thing Sonia expected to do was abandon her business and her country to join a group of asylum seekers journeying to a new land. After gangs murdered her nephew and tried to force her 17-year-old son into their ranks, Sonia felt escape was her only option. “I pray to God. . […]
Winn Collier