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Good News
What good news have you heard or experienced in the last week? My heart is often heavy with the hard news of the world and the church. My prayers are filled with cries to God...
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Catching Up
Today I’d like to catch up with you on a few things. First, my deepest appreciation goes to all those who gave of themselves so that our Lent, Holy Week, and Easter worship services and...
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Walking with Jesus…Backwards and Up-side Down
Usually when I walk the stations in the Meditation Garden at St. Mark’s I start on the west side, at the “entrance”, and walk counterclockwise, ending at the bridge. Today I go backwards, over the...
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Waiting for Light
On Palm Sunday, April 14, our Chancel Choir, Celebration Singers, Bell Choir and instrumentalists will join at 8:15 and 9:45 to bring us an offering of music – a cantata – that will lead us...
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Making Choices
From time to time I like to take time to think about all the choices I make throughout the day. Right now I’m choosing to sit by the west-facing kitchen window, looking out over the...
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Waiting in Expectation
“In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” —Psalm 5:3 Every new day is a gift from God, a chance to...
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A Word for Today
A bit of history—in the 1700’s in England John Wesley was a priest in the Church of England who noticed that the church seemed more concerned about itself than about truly connecting with God and...
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All Shall Be Well
Many times over the last few weeks I have thought of the phrase “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well…” from the writings of Julian...
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Why
When my children were young they watched a cartoon TV show that had many characters, including Murky Dismal and his driver, Lurky. They lived in a part of the kingdom called the “Pits” and Murky’s...
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Psalm 23
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” For centuries – long before you or me or John Wesley or even Jesus – this Psalm of King David has brought strength and comfort to...