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Lenten Services –Preaching Tip for 19 March 2017

Lenten services (typically held on Wednesdays….but can be any day or days of the week in addition to the regular weekly service) can be times of experimentation and creativity.  Try 15 minute or half hour services that focus on one metaphor or on one brief story. Or...

Pastor’s Prayer –19 March 2017

Celtic Prayer Through the dark hours of this night     protect and surround us,     Father, Son and Spirit, Three.     Forgive the ill that we have done.     Forgive the pride that we have shown.     Forgive the words that have caused harm     that we might sleep...
The Market as God

The Market as God

The Market as God by Harvey Cox –Review by Paula Jones   Considering that I haven’t balanced a checkbook in 30 years, and that I would rather have a root canal than talk to a financial-planner about investment portfolios, it would be an understatement to...
Nothing Keeps

Nothing Keeps

Nothing Keeps Lectionary 12 March 2017 2nd Sunday in Lent Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17 Text to Life (This sermon is about change, and due to a request, we have deviated this week from the Lenten lectionary and have offered up a second...

Diversity in Unity

In French, the word ensemble means “together, with one another, or combined.” This week’s music features examples of diversity together: ensemble.   In particular, a wind ensemble is a combination of difference unified. Wood and brass, single reeds, double reeds,...